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Showing 1 to 20 of 55 for “"atomic energy"”.
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The safeguards system of the International Atomic Energy Agency - a study of the international politics of atomic control
… Its subject is the system for the control of atomic energy - the safeguards system - established and administered by the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA). I have undertaken a political study of this technical system because the main purpose for which the system was established is a …
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The safeguards system of the International Atomic Energy Agency - a study of the international politics of atomic control
… Its subject is the system for the control of atomic energy - the safeguards system - established and administered by the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA). I have undertaken a political study of this technical system because the main purpose for which the system was established is a …
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The role of the Budget Bureau in Truman's domestic legislative program: an examination of atomic energy control, military unification, housing, and civil rights
… four major issues included in that program; atomic energy control, unification of the armed forces, housing, and civil rights.</p>
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A Determination of Certain Changes in Parental Understandings, Attitudes,and Interests as Compared With Those of Their High School Children Following A Teaching Unit in Atomic Energy
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Nuclear fission and social fusion: the impact of the Dounreay Experimental Research Establishment on Caithness, 1953-1966
… the outset of the project the United Kingdom Atomic Energy Authority knew that it would have to import specialist technical staff into an area economically-driven by agriculture and fishing. This resulted in a distinct form of employment-based migration to the Highlands, reversing population …
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The Nuclear Renaissance and Its Implications for Nonproliferation Security
… states seek assistance from the International Atomic Energy Agency. I argue that the current nonproliferation regime is not prepared to adequately prevent illicit proliferation and any increase in the number of nuclear programs will exacerbate the existing nonproliferation shortcomings. In …
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Diversion scenarios in an aqueous reprocessing facility
The International Atomic Energy Agency requires nuclear facilities around the world to abide by heavily enforced safeguards to prevent proliferation. Nuclear fuel reprocessing facilities are designed to be proliferation-resistant and to use surveillance systems. While experience with small-scale …
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Analysis of the proliferation resistance of the modular pebble bed high temperature gas reactor
… designed in agreement with the International Atomic Energy Agency's standards to prevent diversion of significant quantities of fissile material.
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Multi-state system in a fault tree analsis of a nuclear based thermochemical hydrogen plant
… which is currently under development by UOIT, Atomic Energy of Canada Limited (AECL) and the Argonne National Laboratory (ANL). The safety issues of the Cu-Cl cycle are addressed in this thesis. An investigation of major accident scenarios shows that potential tragedies can be avoided with …
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Beyond gates, guards and guns : the systems-theoretic framework for security at nuclear facilities
… security culture expert: While the International Atomic Energy Agency has released methodologies on evaluating vulnerabilities and physical protection, it has not yet introduced guidelines on assessing the human-factor in detection, delay, and response. (Khripunov, 2014, pp. 39-40) (Emphasis …
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Enriquecimento de animosidades: o início da política nuclear brasileira.
… processes that comprised the bilateral atomic agreements between Brazil and the United States, culminating in the decision for establishment of CPI Atomic Energy. We will also consider the impacts of this latest decision in Brazilian foreign policy. The corresponding period covers from …
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Effects of the USS Thresher disaster upon submarine safety and deep-submergence capabilities in the United States Navy
… convinced members of the Joint Committee on Atomic Energy that his management system, based upon stringent standards of quality control and principles of engineering, was the standard that should be applied to submarine development. The disaster also highlighted the need for greatly improved …
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Fission and fury in Perry, Ohio : one town's fight to save their nuclear power plant
Before much of America learned to fear atomic energy, towns like Perry, Ohio, learned to love it. For over thirty years the Perry Nuclear Power Plant has been the linchpin of the small Rust Belt community, bringing flush budgets and well-paying jobs to an area with little other industry. But like …
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Rethinking Nonproliferation: Reforming the IAEA and Deterring NPT Withdrawal
… threatened on several fronts. The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), charged with monitoring compliance of states‟ nonproliferation obligations, has been incapable of enforcing these commitments or applying sufficient pressure to uncooperative states. The Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty …
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Atomic testing and population genetics: the AEC and the classical/balance controversy, 1946-1957
The position of the United States Atomic Energy Commission (AEC) in the 1950s on the genetic hazards of fallout and radiation was a distortion of the views of geneticists from both sides of the classical/balance controversy, an intrascientific dispute among geneticists. In their attempt to …
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La nascita del programma nucleare iraniano. Washington e Teheran tra alleanza e reciproci sospetti 1956-1979
… regime. The first step to develop nuclear energy is traced back to 1957, in connection with the increasing military and economic assistance to Iran from the Eisenhower’s Administration. In the same year, the two countries announced an agreement for cooperation and research in the peaceful …
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The design and evaluation of an international plutonium storage system
… Nations Security Council and the International Atomic Energy Agency is proposed as a model for system participation and governance. For political and nonproliferation reasons, a multiple-site arrangement for the IPSS is recommended. The following locations are identified as potential IPSS sites: …
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Anti-proliferation safeguard system for General Electric's PRISM reactor plant
… international standards set by the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA). In an age with a War on Terrorism and states not declaring their nuclear intentions, nuclear power needs to have proliferation resistance be a primary concern if nuclear power plants are to be built in the future. The …
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A survey of the drive for European union, 1947 to 1959
… Community (Common Market) and the European Atomic Energy Community (Euratom) in January of 1958. Complications in the relations between the Community and the other western European states - particularly the United Kingdom - have yet to be resolved, but negotiations are currently being …
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Nuisance to nemesis: nuclear fallout and intelligence as secrets, problems, and limitations on the arms race, 1940-1964
… in the early Cold War. Operated as the Atomic Energy Detection System by a covert Air Force unit known as AFOAT-1, the AEDS detected emissions and analyzed fallout from Soviet nuclear tests, as well as provided quantitative intelligence on the size of the Russian nuclear stockpile. …
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