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131btf132brbrfft132133br129rfr134rr130rrrftr. Time to outlaw nuclear weapons use? . Rebecca Johnson Ph.D. “Getting to Zero” Seminar series. James Martin 21. st. Century School, Oxford, November 5, 2009. “Weapons of mass destruction cannot be uninvented. But they can be outlawed, as biological and chemical weapons have been, and their use made unthinkable. Compliance, verification and enforcement rules can, with the requisite will, be effectively applied. And with that will, even the eventual elimination of nuclear weapons is not beyond the world’s reach.”. NUCLEAR WEAPONS. PAST. PRESENT. FUTURE?. -how we got the atomic and hydrogen bombs. -what we have done with them. -how many we have now and what their status is. -what do we do with them now?. A presentation of nomorebombs.org. Verification and Compliance Aspects. Trevor Findlay. Goals of verification and compliance. How much is enough?. Verification tasks and methods. Verification tools. Institutional possibilities. The ‘break-out’ problem. . By Sophia Bocast. What are the Physics behind an Atomic Bomb?. . The immense destructive power of atomic weapons derives from a sudden release of energy produced by splitting the nuclei of the fissile elements making up the bombs' core. The U.S. developed two types of atomic bombs during the Second World War. The first, . The Harker School. Manan Shah & Tiffany Zhu. Mentor: Dr. Eric . Nelson. cif.harker.org. Objective. Recall the serious and dire threat of nuclear weapons with a deep dive into prior close calls and propose a comprehensive, multilateral solution to reduce the risk of ever increasing global nuclear vulnerability.. BY: NATHAN BASS. YOU CHOOSE!!. CLICK ON ANY LINK YOU WANT TO LEARN ABOUT. Why we can have them but others can’t.. Power.. How they work.. Creation.. Nuclear countries.. Fallout.. Precautions.. Quiz.. Consequences of Nuclear . War. The . International Physicians for the Prevention of Nuclear . War. World Congress, Astana August 2014. World. Nuclear Forces . November, 2013. United States. 7,700. Russia. April. 5,. 2010. 1. The President’s Nuclear Security Agenda . First articulated in Prague in April 2009. Reduce nuclear dangers and pursue the long-term goal of a world without nuclear weapons . Sustain a safe, secure, and effective nuclear arsenal as long as nuclear weapons exist. April 1945-FDR dies---Truman takes over . Truman wants war to end ASAP . A. Einstein writes letter to president stating dangers and power of nuclear weapons . Military estimates suggest successful A-bomb attack would save 500,000 lives . War. The . International Physicians for the Prevention of Nuclear . War. World Congress, Astana August 2014. World. Nuclear Forces . November, 2013. United States. 7,700. Russia. 8,500. China. 250. control. What is a nuclear bomb?. A bomb that releases nuclear energy either by fission (atomic bombs) or fusion (hydrogen bombs). Explosive power measure in tons of TNT – e.g. Hiroshima = 20 kilotons: biggest ever 50 megatonnes but 10 megatonnes is average (US).. BY . S. k. Saddam . Hossen. , Assistant professor of DR. . Kanailal. Bhattacharyya College . Under the . M. anhattan project by Robert Oppenheimer. . USA. developed nuclear technology, it exploded on 16 July 1945. . Populist opposition to nuclear weapons use and nuclear sharing arrangements.. Tom W. Etienne (University of Pennsylvania, Erasmus University Rotterdam). . Michal . Onderco. (Erasmus University Rotterdam). The international regime for the disarmament and non-proliferation of nuclear weapons faces three main contemporary challenges:. Those posed by states within the existing regime.. Those from states outside the present regime..