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Iran; A Nuclear Super Power? Understanding Nuclear Ambitions
… community. Iran is a nation on the brink of nuclear weapon capabilities and with strained relations there is little comfort in sight for an amicable solution. The conservatives of today's Iran seek independence from the dominance of outside powers. In that regard, the acquisition of a nuclear …
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Nuclear Family
<p>This dissertation explores nuclear history in New Mexico in the context of how it affected the lives of those who were ancillary to the bomb itself and its repercussions. I use my own family as a lens to explore the issues surrounding this universally important and ongoing historical event.</p>
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The political utility of nuclear weapons in nuclear war termination
… with a discussion of the theoretical aspects of nuclear war termination. Specifically, the objective of war termination, the requirements necessary to meet that objective, and the unclassified guidance available on war termination. As a more practical matter, the Soviet view of war termination is …
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Characterization of Nuclear Localization Signals of Karyopherin-Mediated Nuclear Import
… Kap betas recognize their cargos through the nuclear localization signals (NLSs) and carry them into the nucleus. Recent structural and biochemical work on Kap beta2 (or Transportin) and its well-characterized hnRNP A1-NLS (or M9NLS) reveal that NLSs recognized by Kap beta2 are structurally …
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Nuclear diffusion: A rethinking of why nation-states "go nuclear"
Nuclear Diffusion: A Rethinking of Horizontal Nuclear Weapons Proliferation examines the spread of nuclear weapons throughout the nuclear age. What is pondered are the specific reasons why a state would pursue a nuclear weapons deterrent. For example, are there identifiable reasons or conditions …
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Nuclear “Pork” Revisited: Organizational Imperatives and Nuclear Weapon Program Abandonment
Since 1941 at least 30 countries have conducted nuclear weapon activities. Over two-thirds of those countries have abandoned their nuclear weapon activities as a matter of policy, making nuclear abandonment the dominant historical tendency. Understanding why countries abandon their nuclear weapon …
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Nuclear bargaining : using carrots and sticks in nuclear counter-proliferation
… negative sanctions to successfully bargain with nuclear proliferators and prevent the spread of nuclear weapons. It seeks to answer the following question: How effective are offers of inducements and threats of sanctions - i.e., 'sticks' and 'carrots' - in efforts to prevent or to roll back the …
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Nuclear Waste Disposal
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Chinese Nuclear Policy
Nuclear weapons are a critical element of the People's Liberation Army and China's core military strategies of active defense and anti-access/area denial. Chinese nuclear policy will play a pivotal role in the future of China as it struggles to reduce the military superiority of the United States …
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Nuclear Export Receptor CRM1 Recognizes Nuclear Export Signals with Diverse Conformations
… its protein cargoes by their 8-15 residues-long nuclear export signals or NESs, which bind to a hydrophobic groove in CRM1. NESs are highly variable in sequence and structure. Their sequences are described by multiple sequence patterns of four variably-spaced hydrophobic residues, and three …
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Nuclear unclear: an investigation of British nuclear power policy, 1945-2005
… and the regulatory framework for the commercial nuclear power industry in the United Kingdom between 1945 and 2005. It is argued that throughout the whole period politicians have legitimised their decisions in terms of a scientific discourse that represents the scientific community as unified and …
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An analysis of defence policies. Nuclear and non-nuclear options reviewed.
… is a study of what is said to be at issue in the nuclear weapons debate and constitutes the beginning of an attempt to understand its nature and significance . The technique adopted has been to offer an initial presentation of rival rationales in order to introduce the main concepts and show …
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Nuclear nightmares: representations of nuclear anxiety in American Cold War visual culture
… and misrepresentations of US public nuclear anxiety in nuclear apocalyptic popular culture and civil defence initiatives, respectively. Focusing on particular peaks in nuclear anxiety during the 1950s, early 1960s and 1980s, this thesis analyses the ways in which visual nuclear …
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Pillars for Nuclear-Weapon States to Make Material Progress on Nuclear Disarmament
<p>The nuclear arms race in the twenty-first century hinders progress towards disarmament and greatly increases the risk of nuclear catastrophe. Nuclear disarmament is a global issue that is necessary not only to reduce the risk of war but also to strengthen world peace and security, and to prevent …
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Spliceosomal small nuclear ribonucleoprotein particle trafficking and maturation in the nuclear compartment
… is identical with those in formaldehyde treated nuclear spread preparations. Importantly, we now have the first system with which we can examine the dynamic interactions of macromolecules with specific RNA polymerase II transcriptional units in the live nucleus.
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Global nuclear power supply chains and the rise of China's nuclear industry
China has embarked on a massive expansion of nuclear power that may fundamentally change the global nuclear industry, for better or for worse. Some industry observers argue that the incumbent nuclear power companies are already losing their position of leadership to emergent Chinese actors. Others …
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Minimal nuclear deterrence : a nuclear arsenal reduction plan for the United States
… political climate has called for reductions to nuclear arsenals around the world. This thesis researches how potential deep cuts to the United States' large strategic nuclear arsenal would affect its current nuclear deterrence goals. First, case studies on pre-1960 United States, 1964-2012 …
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Is nuclear deterrence rational?
… I give a brief history of the concept of "nuclear deterrence." Next I discuss ways of approaching the subject that conform to popular views. I reject the Scripture's "an eye for an eye" principle as a basis for nuclear strategy decisions and claim that a utilitarian model is acceptable. In …
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Improving U.S. Nuclear Capability
… United States must be prepared for the myriad of nuclear threats it will face in the twenty-first century. American preeminence and security will be challenged in the coming decades. Countries of concern to U.S. security are developing, or have developed, a weaponized capability; the rise of …
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