We are strongly supporting the International Atomic Energy Agency in its mission to track and control nuclear materials around the world.
Moreover, the West needs to engage with any Russian government on issues ranging from arms control to nuclear-weapons treaties, and from Iran to Afghanistan.
Second, the republics have already stated their willingess to cooperate in the control of nuclear weapons.... I don't think we should exaggerate this fear, and I don't think that we should be blackmailed by the threat.
Washington (CNN) -- In an unprecedented action, an Air Force commander has stripped 17 of his officers of their authority to control and launch nuclear missiles.
In an interview with the BBC, Musharraf warned that a "disturbed environment" might bring in dangerous elements that could pose a risk to Pakistan's control over its nuclear arsenal.
The United States is concerned about the command and control of Soviet nuclear weapons, the potential for ethnic strife inside the former USSR and the international implications of economic collapse there.
Conservative Republicans are looking to Mr. Kyl, a longtime conservative voice on nuclear arms control, for direction.
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My old mentor at Georgetown University, Dr. Stephen Gibert, explained to me how this logic applies to nuclear arms control.
Vice-President Joseph Biden has warned the US that failure to ratify a new nuclear arms control treaty with Russia will "endanger our national security".
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The Nuclear Posture Review proposes that we consider a series of options that extend presidential decision-making time, by strengthening command and control apparatus around those nuclear weapons, and that we open discussions with Russia to reduce the possibility of either an accidental launch or a false detection of a launch.
Last week a Federal court shot down the long-exercised argument that the Department of Energy (DOE) uses in defense of lawsuits leveled against it for not taking control and disposing of spent nuclear fuel from commercial reactors ( Court rejects DOE).
He said that Mr Yeltsin was still in control of the country's nuclear arsenal.
Mr. Obama embraced a verifiable treaty in his April nuclear-arms-control speech in Prague.
From August 1983 until November 1987, Mr. Gaffney was the Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Nuclear Forces and Arms Control Policy under Assistant Secretary Richard Perle.
The Obama administration fears that whenever Rokkasho starts operating, it will add a new dimension of friction in the region, prompting other countries to seek greater nuclear capabilities and more control over them.
Among the targeted infrastructure was everything from systems that control traffic lights in large cities to nuclear plants, water treatment plants , large manufacturers, defense contractors and high tech companies.
Even if the nuclear accident is brought under control swiftly, and the release of radiation turns out not to be large enough to damage public health, this accident will have a huge impact on the nuclear industry, both inside and outside Japan.
If anything unusual occurs, the control rods immediately drop, shutting off the nuclear reaction.
The difference between the strategic and radical schools of arms control was illustrated by their respective attitudes toward nuclear testing.
Third, we reaffirmed that it is the fundamental responsibility of nations, consistent with their international obligations, to maintain effective security of the nuclear materials and facilities under our control.
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Chief among these interests are: counter-terrorism, disposal of Soviet-built chemical and biological weapons, security of nuclear and radiological materials, arms control, nonproliferation, and the responsible withdrawal of U.S. and NATO forces from Afghanistan.
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Battered by an earthquake, a massive tsunami, and an ensuing nuclear crisis as authorities struggle to control the fallout at the Fukushima Daiichi plant, Japan has become a possible headache for producers as it is an important part of the global supply chain.
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Between them, they have hundreds of years of experience with nuclear weapons programs, policies and arms control.
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Mr. SCOTT SAGAN (Director, Stanford University's Center for International Security and Arms Control): Sometimes they're interested in nuclear weapons because the United States is everybody's neighbor today.
Unease on this score can only be intensified by the behavior of the preferred candidates for such enlightened control, namely the fearmongering and hints of "nuclear blackmail" by Mikhail Gorbachev and his cadre of supporters.
White House officials wouldn't lay out their targets for the treaty with Russia, but the Arms Control Association's Mr. Kimball said deployed nuclear weapons in each country could be reduced by 30% to 40% from the current limit of 2, 200.
START-2, an arms-control treaty with America that will reduce both countries' nuclear arsenals.
Control Room operators did not always demonstrate high standards associated with nuclear plant operations.
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President Bush, in particular, has proclaimed a powerful "double hit" with his initiatives on short-range nuclear forces (SNF) and conventional weapons arms control.
The nuclear programme was supposed to be under close military control.
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