No nuclear nation has done this as well as one might wish, and Japan's failings may well become more evident.
The deal now needs to be approved by the UN's nuclear watchdog, the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), as well as by the 45-nation Nuclear Suppliers Group, which regulates global civilian nuclear trade.
And Pakistan's new chief executive has been quick to assuage fears about the world's first military-run nuclear-armed nation.
IAEA, and then the 45-nation Nuclear Suppliers Group, into an internationally-approved agreement.
South and North Korea are to make joint efforts for the smooth implementation of the September 19 and February 13 six-nation nuclear agreements.
If the IAEA signs the agreement, the deal will go to the 45-nation Nuclear Suppliers Group, which regulates global civilian nuclear trade, for approval.
Despite Beijing's entreaties, Pyongyang has refused to return to Chinese-hosted six-nation nuclear disarmament talks that had won China credit as a responsible international power.
Bhutto said she tried to allay Washington's concern about what would happen to this nuclear-armed nation if Musharraf were forced out, saying she shared the Americans' misgivings and that a strategy for an orderly transition was a must.
Although it is not entirely clear at this writing whether the study President Bush has commissioned to determine the future size of the U.S. deterrent will fall within his mandate, Dr. Marshall certainly appreciates that the quantity of nuclear arms the Nation needs is only part of the calculation.
The trouble is that in order to sell India nuclear fuel and other technologies, Mr Bush wants to reverse a 30-year effort, both by America's Congress, which takes a hard look at the deal later this month, and by the 45-nation Nuclear Suppliers' Group, which met this week, to demand full-scope safeguards (meaning checks on all nuclear installations, which India does not allow) as a condition for nuclear supply.
On Sunday, North Korea's Central Committee described nuclear weapons as "the nation's life" and vowed to further develop its nuclear programme.
The committee described nuclear weapons as "the nation's life" and vowed to further develop its nuclear programme, state-run news agency KCNA said.
Berkely said transporting the nuclear waste to Nevada will damage the environment and do little to remedy the nation's nuclear-waste disposal dilemma.
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Such a decision would be the first since the 2011 Fukushima Daiichi nuclear disaster, which has led to a nation-wide review of nuclear safety standards.
ElBaradei, who claims that Iranian acquisition of nuclear weapons is preferable to any nation taking action to militarily prevent Iran from acquiring nuclear weapons, has consistently sought to demoralize Iran's foes and potential victims by claiming that the cat is already out of the bag so any attempt to stop Iran is doomed to fail.
On nuclear power, Cheney also said he wants to give utilities incentives to build more nuclear plants, which would force the nation to deal with the problem of nuclear waste.
The total nuclear arsenal of every nation on Earth combined is probably somewhat less than 100, 000 megatons, so we come up a bit short.
If deterrence theory is no longer valid, the U.S. had better work harder to achieve President Obama's Nobel Prize-winning goal of a world in which no nation possesses nuclear weapons.
On 8 April, 2010, President Obama and Russian President Medvedev signed the New Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty, or "New START, " lowering the limit on deployed strategic nuclear weapons by either nation.
As long as U.S. national security depends upon even a single nuclear weapon, the Nation, and its potential adversaries, are going to have confidence that it will work if it is needed to do so and, no less importantly, that it will not work under all other circumstances.
In fact, in the absence of such a commitment to assure the future viability of the U.S. nuclear deterrent, it is not clear that the Nation can live with the very low levels of nuclear forces Mr. Bush prefers.
By contrast, Barack Obama has, to date, steadfastly refused to upgrade the nation's nuclear capabilities.
The president also called for a reduction in the nation's nuclear stockpile, although he did not cite precise numbers.
U.S. authorities have taken a hard line on transactions with Iran amid growing concerns about that nation's nuclear program.
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On Sunday the Workers' Party Central Committee held a rare high-level meeting in which it described nuclear weapons as "the nation's life".
On July 3, President Clinton announced that the United States would no longer test nuclear weapons unless some other nation went first.
And I also want to especially acknowledge, with deep appreciation, your strong support for our nation's nuclear deterrent and missile defense capabilities.
The United States benefitted both during World War II and during the cold war in being the nation to develop nuclear weapons first.
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During the Cold War, Hanford was a buzzing hive of activity, eventually becoming the main source of plutonium production for the nation's nuclear weapons program.
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