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Nuclear Commerce. Its Control Regime and the Non-Proliferation Treaty
von: Thomas Berndorfer
Diplomica Verlag GmbH, 2009
ISBN: 9783836619721 , 140 Seiten
Format: PDF, OL
Kopierschutz: frei
Preis: 43,00 EUR
Nuclear CommerceIts Control Regime and the Non-Proliferation Treaty
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
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TABLE OF ILLUSTRATIONS
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LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS
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PREFACE
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1 INTRODUCTION
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1.1 General Situation – Mankind’s Capacity to build
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1.2 Hypotheses & Methodology
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1.2.1 Problem statement
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1.2.2 Hypotheses
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1.2.3 Methodology
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1.2.4 Basic structural aspects
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2 THE NUCLEAR UNIVERSE AND ITS GENESIS
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2.1 Nuclear energy production
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2.1.1 Nuclear Fission technology
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2.1.2 Nuclear inconveniences
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2.1.3 Nuclear Fusion technology
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2.2 Nuclear power in the energy mix
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2.3 Military applications of nuclear technology
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2.3.1 Nuclear disarmament
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2.3.2 National security interests & nuclear arsenals
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3 NUCLEAR COMMERCE AND ITS MARKET
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3.1 Nuclear economics
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3.1.1 Nuclear energy’s attractiveness
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3.1.2 A profit and loss account
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3.2 The nuclear fuel-cycle and its market
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3.2.1 The nuclear commodity market
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3.2.2 The nuclear technology market
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3.2.3 The nuclear operating sector
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3.3 Signs of a nuclear renaissance
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3.3.1 The Global Nuclear Energy Partnership
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3.3.2 The US-India deal
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3.3.3 Russian & Chinese ambitions
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3.3.4 The EU energy strategy
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4 THE LEGAL FRAMEWORK BEHIND THE NUCLEAR WORLD
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4.1 Raison d’être of specialized legislation
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4.2 The International Atomic Energy Agency
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4.2.1 The Atoms for Peace speech
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4.2.2 The three main pillars of nuclear co-operation
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4.2.3 The Safeguards and Verification process
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4.2.4 Promoting safety and security
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4.2.5 Promoting science and technology
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4.2.6 The IAEA and the United Nations
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4.3 The Non-Proliferation Treaty and its regional daughters
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4.3.1 The NPT’s main provisions
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4.3.2 The NPT after its formation
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4.3.3 The Additional Protocol
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4.3.4 The NPT review conference mechanism
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4.3.5 The Nuclear Weapon Free Zones - the NPT’s regional daughters
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4.4 Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaties
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4.4.1 The Limited & Threshold Test Ban Treaties
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4.4.2 The Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty
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4.5 The Fissile Material Cut-off Treaty
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4.5.1 Key Issues
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4.5.2 The way forward
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4.6 Other Treaties
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5 THE NUCLEAR COMMERCE REGIME
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5.1 The NPT’s contradicting provisions
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5.2 Nuclear export control regimes & supporting measures
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5.2.1 The Zangger Committee
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5.2.2 The Nuclear Suppliers Group
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5.2.3 UN Security Council Resolution 1540
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5.2.4 The NPT Additional Protocol
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5.2.5 The Enhanced Proliferation Control Initiative
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5.2.6 Overview of existing export control measures
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5.3 Recent efforts
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5.3.1 Export regimes and transparency
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5.3.2 Co-operation
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5.4 Export controls in practice – 9 key elements
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5.5 The Future of Nuclear Export Controls
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5.5.1 Chinese efforts as a new approach
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5.5.2 UNSCR 1540 developments
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5.5.3 A multilateral non-proliferation convention
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6 CONCLUSION
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LIST OF REFERENCES
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