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General Links & Resources - (below)
North Korea's Nuclear Weapon's Program
World War II - The Atomic Bomb

India & Pakistan Nuclear Tests
Nuclear Physics
Peace Studies
Cold War History

Start with
Council on Foreign Relations (CFR)

• Daily Analysis: Tentative Deal on N. Korea Nukes
  B CFR.org Staff, February 14, 2007.
  

Alsos Digital Library for Nuclear Issues
"...is a web-based collection of annotated references to resources that offer a broad, balanced perspective on current and historical topics relating to nuclear issues...Although nuclear issues are the subject of many excellent websites and a few CD-ROMs, many of those resources provide limited references for people wishing to pursue the subject in greater depth or from different points of view."
Component of the National Science Digital Library (NSDL).

Arms Control Association

• Treaties
  Includes: Full Text Documents ; Additional Documents.
  
• North Korea
  Sections include: Documents ; News ; Analysis.
  • Next Steps on the North Korean Nuclear Challenge
    Arms Control Association Press Briefing Transcript, September 2006
    
  
  
• Who Did It? Using International Forensics to Detect and Deter Nuclear Terrorism
  By William Dunlop and Harold Smith, Arms Control Today, October 2006.
  
• Reviving Disarmament: An Interview With Hans Blix
  Arms Control Today, July/August 2006
  
• How Will the Iraq War Change Global Nonproliferation Strategies?
  By Joseph Cirincione, Arms Control Today, April 2003
  
• India
  Sections include: Key Documents ; Articles ; Editorials.
  • ACA Event: The Senate and the U.S.-Indian Nuclear Deal: Issues and Alternatives
    Speakers: Ambassador Norman Wulf, Zia Nian, Michael Krepon, Moderator: Daryl G. Kimball, November 14, 2006.
    
  • The U.S.-Indian Nuclear Cooperation Deal
    "This collection of key documents and analysis contains up-to-date and comprehensive information concerning the proposal."
    
  
  
• Pakistan
  Sections include: Key Documents ; Articles ; Editorials.
  

High Energy Weapons Archive
A Guide to Nuclear Weapons
Includes sections on the development of the bomb, postwar development, nuclear weapons tests series conducted since World War II by country, Arsenals of the Declared Nuclear States, Nuclear States in the Shadows, Reference Library, The site also keeps a useful archive including a graphics archive
Maintained by Carrie Sublette

FAQ - Nuclear Weapons
By Carrie Sublette

The Nuclear Files
"You can access this site or by focusing on issue areas.  Among others, the issue areas cover nuclear weapons accidents, the likelihood of an accidental nuclear war the predicaments of nuclear strategy, nuclear policy making, and nuclear ethics, efforts of arms control and disarmament, the problems of nuclear proliferation as well as ballistic missile defense. Read important documents and treaties. Read the biographies of key scientists, politicians, and peace leaders, share their thoughts, and listen to their voices...The Data & Graphs section provides access to current weapons deployment and stockpiles. Nuclear Sites lets you visit weapons laboratories, testing sites, waste processing and disposal facilities, and nuclear power plants."
Project of the Nuclear Age Peace Foundation

International Atomic Energy Agency

• Publications
• Databases
• Inspectors in Iraq: The Next Steps
  Sections include: INVO ; Photo Gallery ; Key Documents ; Resources ; IAEA in the Press ; Media Reports ; Web Links ; Multimedia ; Mission Iraq.
  
• IAEA Iraq Action Team - (dead link)
  Includes: Mandate ; Resolutions ; Reports
  • Fact Sheet: Iraq's Nuclear Weapon Programme - (dead link)
  
  

U.S. Commission on the Intelligence Capabilities of the United States Regarding Weapons of Mass Destruction
"After a year of study that included the review of thousands of documents and hundreds of interviews with knowledgeable observers from both within and outside the intelligence community, the Commission presented its report to the President on March 31, 2005."

• Report to the President (March 31, 2005)

Continue on with
Big, Big List of Nuclear Related Links
A lengthy (250+ sites) topical listing of links

Advisory Committee on Human Radiation Experiments
"...was created by President Clinton on January 15, 1994 to investigate and report on the use of human beings as subjects of federally funded research using ionizing radiation."
Includes background information, Committee meetings, The Interim Report, and the Final Report.

Arms Control Today
Published by the Arms Control Association

• Reviving Disarmament: An Interview With Hans Blix
  Arms Control Today, July/August 2006
  
• Searching for the Truth About Iraq's WMD: An Interview with David Kay (April 2004)
• Iraq-Niger Uranium Chronology
  "This chronology details the intelligence that the United States possessed on reported Iraqi attempts to obtain uranium from Africa, along with relevant administration statements."
  By Paul Kerr.
  
  
• North Korea and Iran: Test Cases for an Improved Nonproliferation Regime? (December 2003)
  By Joseph Cirincione and Jon B. Wolfsthal
  

Bellona Foundation - Nuclear Chronicle from Russia (English, Russian, or Norwegian)
"...brings you news and background on important environmental issues"
"Focus" sections include: The Pasko Case ; Kursk and Other Accidents ; All About Nuclear Russia ; The Russian Northern Fleet ; Green Heat & Power.

Brookings Institution

• Fighting Terror and the Spread of Weapons of Mass Destruction
  Address by Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton, February 25, 2004.
  
• Center for Northeast Asian Policy Studies - (dead link)
• Saban Center for Middle East Policy
  • Why Libya Gave Up the Bomb
    By Flynt L. Leverett
    The New York Times, January 23, 2004
    
    

Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists

Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament

Carnegie Endowment for International Peace

• "Democratic Bomb": Failed Strategy
  Policy Brief No. 49, November 2006
  By George Perkovich
  
  
• The Urgent Need to Strengthen the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Regime
  Policy Outlook No. 25, January 2006.
  By Pierre Goldschmitdt
  
  
• Universal Compliance: A Strategy for Nuclear Security
  Report from the 2004 Non-Proliferation Conference.
  "This draft strategy report offers a blueprint for U.S. leadership in rethinking the international nuclear nonproliferation regime. The proposed strategy synthesizes some innovative approaches of the George W. Bush administration, the benefits of the traditional treaty-based regime, and many new elements. It highlights both the necessity for strict enforcement of nonproliferation agreements and for global cooperation to forge those agreements."
  Also available for download are all the keynote speeches from the Conference.
  
  
  
• Proliferation News and Resources
  • Missile Obsession Distorted Threat Priorities
    "Until September 11, the top national security priority of the Bush administration had been the development and deployment of a national missile defense system."
    By Project Director Joseph Cirincione, April 2004.
    
    
  • The Bush Administration on Iraq's Weapons of Mass Destruction Capabilities
    August 2002-
    "We have compiled statements from the Bush Administration primarily on Iraq's previous and current ability to manufacture and hide chemical, biological, and nuclear weapons as well as delivery systems. We have also included statements on the relationship between intelligence and post-war evidence of such capabilities. Statements in bold are our emphases."
    Prepared by Christina Andersson.
    
    
    
• Bush-Putin Summit Resources
  Sections include: Latest News ; Analysis ; Experts Comment ; On The Web ; Events ; Experts Available ; Documents.
  Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
  
  
• Proliferation Roundtable (transcript & audio)

Center for Defense Information

• "National Missile Defense: What Does it all Mean?"
  "...covers all major aspects of the missile defense debate and is continuously updated on an as-needed bases."
  

Centers for Disease Control - Radiation Emergencies

• Dirty Bombs
  "What you need to know if there were a terrorist attack with a conventional weapon that has radioactive material in it."
  
• Nuclear Blast
  "FAQs about what a nuclear blast is & how to protect yourself."
  
• Nuclear Terrorism & Health Effects
  "What happens during a nuclear or radiation terrorist attack & how you should respond."
  

CNN.com Special: Nuclear Crisis - North Korea
Sections include: Latest Reports ; Videos ; Resources ; Features ; Related Sites.

CNN.com Special: The Bomb: Deployment
Nuclear Weapons: Who Has What.

CNN.com In-Depth - Two Koreas
Sections include: S. Korea's New President ; N. Korea's Missile Program ; Japanese Abductees ; North-South Relations ; N. Korean Economy ; Features ; Resources ; Latest Reports.

Commission on the Intelligence Capabilities of the United States Regarding Weapons of Mass Destruction
"After a year of study that included the review of thousands of documents and hundreds of interviews with knowledgeable observers from both within and outside the intelligence community, the Commission presented its report to the President on March 31, 2005."

• Report to the President (March 31, 2005)

Cooperative Research Program on Nuclear Non-Proliferation and Disarmament
"This Program carries out research to develop the basis for new policy initiatives and organizes international workshops on these proposals jointly with foreign colleages."
- Federation of American Scientist
Maintained by Mike Panetta

Council on Foreign Relations (CFR)

• Daily Analysis: Tentative Deal on N. Korea Nukes
  B CFR.org Staff, February 14, 2007.
  
• Terrorism: Questions & Answers
  "If youíre bewildered by anthrax, Afghanistan, and a lot else thatís happened since September 11, join the crowd. Our aim is to help sort it all out for youóin a question-and-answer format thatís authoritative, easily understandable, and nonpartisan."
  Sections include: Afghanistan ; What is Terrorism ; Terrorist Groups ; State Sponsors of Terrorism ; Havens for Terrorism ; Coalition States ; Weapons of Mass Destruction ; Homeland Security ; Causes of 9/11 ; Responses to 9/11 ; Policy after 9/11.
  • "Dirty Bombs"
  
  
  
• Crisis Guide: The Korean Peninsula
  "Chapters" include: Overview ; Parties to the Dispute ; Military Balance ; Nuclear Facilities ; Missile Program ; Economic View ; Historical Background ; Resources.
  
• Preventing Catastrophic Nuclear Terrorism (etext)
  Council Special Report, No. 11, 2006.
  By Charles D. Ferguson
  
  

Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board
"The Board is responsible for independent, external oversight of all activities in DOE's nuclear weapons complex affecting nuclear health and safety."

Environmental Management Research Database
"...online document database, updated monthly, allows EM researchers to search, browse, and retrieve hypertext bibliographic citations of EM-sponsored technical reports as well as the associated full-text reports if available."
U.S. Department of Energy Office of Environmental Management (EM) - (dead link)

Eureka County Yucca Mountain Information Office
Eureka Country, Nevada - Nuclear Waste Page
"Here you will find current news clippings, documents, photos, maps, and much more information on the history and current developments of the Yucca Mountain Repository Project in Nevada."

• EPA Proposed Radiation Standard

Federation of American Scientists

• Toward True Security: A US Nuclear Posture for the Next Decade
  "This report proposes a nuclear weapons policy for the United States for the next decade that reflects today's political and strategic realities. By contrast, the official policies and doctrines of both the United States and Russia are mired in Cold War patterns of thought." (June 2001)
  
• Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty (1972)
  Includes: Chronology ; Texts ; Documents ; News.
  

First Documented Evidence that U.S. Presidents Predelegated Nuclear Weapons Release Authority to the Military
"The documents show that President Eisenhower approved "predelegation" instructions in late 1959 so that top commanders would have the authority to make a rapid nuclear response if a Soviet attack on Washington killed national command authorities, such as the President." - (dead link) Newly Declassified Documents Published by the National Security Archive, George Washington University

George Washington University - National Security Archives

• Finding Aid: Nuclear Control Institute Collection [doc]
  "A collection of 293 boxes of papers spanning more than 30 years of nuclear history has been established by the Nuclear Control Institute at the National Security Archive, NCI and NSA announced today. The collection includes the papers of the Nuclear Control Institute from its founding in 1981 to the present, as well as the papers of NCI's founding president, Paul Leventhal, relating to his nuclear investigative and legislative work in the U.S. Senate in the 1970s."
  

George Washington University - The National Security Archive

• How Many and Where Were the Nukes?
  What the U.S. Government No Longer Wants Your Know about Nuclear Weapons During the Cold War. Update October 2006: Cold War Missile Numbers "De-re-classified"
  National Security Archive Electronic Briefing Book No. 197.
  Edited by William Burr, August 2006. Updated October 2006.
  
  
  
• U.S. Intelligence on Russian and Chinese Nuclear Testing Activities, 1990-2000
  Prospects of Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty Led China to Accelerate Testing Schedule
  National Security Archive Electronic Briefing Book No. 200.
  Edited by Jeffrey Richelson, September 2006.
  
  
  
• Nixon White House Considered Nuclear Options Against North Vietnam - Nuclear Weapons, the Vietnam War and the "Nuclear Taboo"
  National Security Archive Electronic Briefing Book, No. 195.
  Edited by William Burr and Jeffrey Kimball, July 2006.
  
  
• The Nixon Administration, The SIOP, and the Search for Limited Nuclear Options, 1969-1974
  National Security Archive Electronic Briefing Book No. 173
  By William Burr, November 2005.
  
  
• Secret Understandings on the Use of Nuclear Weapons, 1950-1974
  National Security Archive Electronic Briefing Book No. 159, July 2005.
  
• National Intelligence Estimates of the Nuclear Proliferation Problem: The First Ten Years, 1957-1967
  National Security Archive Electronic Briefing Book No. 155, June 2005.
  Edited by William Burr.
  
  
• The Creation of SIOP-62: More Evidence on the Origins of Overkill
  National Security Archive Electronic Briefing Book No. 130
  Edited by William Burr, July 2004.
  
  
• China, Pakistan, and the Bomb: The declassified File on U.S. Policy, 1977-1997
  National Security Archive Electronic Briefing Book No. 114, March 2004.
  Edited by William Burr.
  
  
• Update on Iraq and Weapons of Mass Destruction
  "..an expanded collection of core documents relating to the Iraq WMD debate."
  Electronic Briefing Book No. 80, February 2004.
  Edited by Jeffrey Richelson
  North Korea and Nuclear Weapons: The Declassified U.S. Record
  National Security Archive Electronic Briefing Book No. 87, April 2003.
  Edited by Robert A. Wampler
  
  
  
  
  
  
• Nixon's Nuclear Ploy: The Vietnam Negotiations and the Joint Chiefs of Staff Readiness Test, October 1969 (December 2002)
  National Security Archive Electronic Briefing Book No. 81
  Edited by William Burr and Jeffrey Kimball
  "...discloses for the first time one of the Nixon administration's most secret military operations."
  
  
  
• The Secret History of The ABM Treaty, 1969-1972
  National Security Archive Electronic Briefing Book No. 60
  Edited by William Burr, November 8, 2001
  
  

The Global Beat
Resources for the Global Journalist
New York University - Dept. of Journalism and Mass Communication - Center for War, Peace and the News Media

Global Security - (dead link)

• North Korea - Nuclear Weapons Program - (dead link)
  • Nuclear Weapons Testing - (dead link)
    Regarding the Korean Central News Agency announcement on October 09, 2006 the had successfully conducted an underground nuclear test.
    
  • P'unggye-yok - (dead link)
    "On October 3, 2006, North Korea announced that it would "in the future conduct a nuclear test ", though no date was specified. Though no location was specified, the North Korean announcement followed August 2006 reports of suspicious activity outside P'unggye-yok, an underground facility in northeast North Korea..."
    

International Atomic Energy Agency - World Atom

• IAEA Statute
• IAEA Related Treaties and Conventions
• Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty
• Safeguards Agreements - (dead link)
• IAEA Bulletin

International Crisis Group (ICG)

• North Korea's Nuclear Test: The Fallout
  Asia Briefing No. 56, November 2006.
  

The International Herald Tribune

• Iran's Nuclear Program: The U.S. and EU Have to Come Together
  Op-Ed, February 27, 2004.
  By Ivo H. Daalder and Michael A. Levi, Brookings Institute
  
  

Institute for Science and International Security
"Its efforts focus on stopping the spread of nuclear weapons, bringing about greater transparency of nuclear activities worldwide, and achieving deep reductions in nuclear arsenals. ISIS's projects integrate technical, scientific, and policy research in order to build a sound foundation for a wide variety of efforts to reduce the threat posed by nuclear weapons to U.S. and international security."

Publications, Papers and Assessments selected)

• ISIS Report: Aluminum Tubing Is an Indicator of an Iraqi Gas Centrifuge Program: But Is the Tubing Specifically for Centrifuges? (Sept. 23, 2002)
• ISIS Issue Brief Back to Basics: Achieving Effective Inspections in Iraq
  By David Albright and Corey Hinderstein (Sept. 16, 2002)
  
• Iraq's Efforts to Acquire Information about Nuclear Weapons and Nuclear-Related Technologies from the United States
  "by David Albright and Kevin O'Neill. This report, prepared for the Department of Energy, summarizes a draft report authored by, and transcripts of interviews with, former Iraqi scientist Khidhir Hamza. The ISIS summary report was the subject of an article in the New York Times, which appeared on March 22, 2000."
  
• Comparison of Drafts of Comprehensive Security Council Resolution on Iraq
  "by David Albright and Corey Hinderstein
  
• Nuclear Terrorism
  "...created this temporary web page as a resource of ISIS findings that may be relevant to an understanding of the threats and risks posed by nuclear terrorism."
  

Monterey Institute of International Studies - Center for Nonproliferation Studies (CNS)

• CNS Reports
  • WMD Terrorism and Usama Bin Laden
    By Kimberly Resch and Matthew Osborne, March 2001
    "Following the links below to the testimony transcripts and to the U.S. indictment of Bin Laden et al. is a brief description of Al-Fadl and his testimony regarding the attempted acquisition of uranium, given on February 6, 7, and 13, 2001 during the trial at the United States District Court of the Southern District of New York. Also included are a chronology of key incidents related to Usama Bin Ladenís connection to and interest in nuclear weapons as well as a list of significant events allegedly related to Bin Laden and/or Al-Qaíida."
    
    
• North Korea Special Collection
  Sections include: Crisis ; General ; Nuclear ; Agreed Framework ; Missile.
  Includes satellite photos of Yongbyon Nuclear Complex.
  • Russian Policy on the North Korean Nuclear Crisis
    A report by Clay Moltz, May 5, 2003.
    
  
  
  

National Academy Press (free downloads)

• 2006
  • Going the Distance? The Safe Transport of Spent Nuclear Fuel and High-Level Radioactive Waste in the United States
    Committee on Transportation of Radioactive Waste, National Research Council, 2006.
    
• 2005
  • An International Spent Nuclear Fuel Storage Facility -- Exploring a Russian Site as a Prototype: Proceedings of an International Workshop
    By Glenn E. Schweitzer and A. Chelsea Sharber, Editors, Committee on the Scientific Aspects of an International Spent Fuel Repository in Russia, Office for Central Europe and Eurasia, National Research Council, Russian Academy of Sciences, 2005.
    
  • Protection, Control, and Accounting of Nuclear Materials
    International Challenges and National Programs -- Workshop Summary.
    Christopher Eldridge, Editor, Development, Security, and Cooperation, National Research Council, 2005.
    
    
• 2004
  • Overcoming Impediments to U.S.-Russian Cooperation on Nuclear Non-Proliferation: Report of a Joint Workshop
    U.S. National Academies Committee on U.S.-Russian Cooperation on Nuclear Non-Proliferation, Russian Academy of Sciences Committee on U.S.-Russian Cooperation on Nuclear Non-Proliferation, Development, Security, and Cooperation, National Research Council, 2004.
    
• 2003
  • A Review of the Dose Reconstruction Program of the Defense Threat Reduction Agency
    Committee to Review the Dose Reconstruction Program of the Defense Threat Reduction Agency, National Research Council, 2003.
    
  • Management of Low-Activity Radioactive Wastes:
    Interim Report on Current Regulations, Inventories, and Practices
    Committee on Improving Practices for Regulating and Managing Low-Activity Radioactive Wastes, National Research Council, 2003.
    
    
  • Tracking and Predicting the Atmospheric Dispersion of Hazardous Material Releases: Implications for Homeland Security
    Committee on the Atmospheric Dispersion of Hazardous Material Releases, National Research Council, 2003.
    
• 2002
  • Letter Report: Review of the Identification of Radionuclides Released from the Hanford Nuclear Reservation's Facilities to the Columbia River
    Committee to Review the Identification of Radionuclides Released from the Hanford Nuclear Reservation's Facilities to the Columbia River, National Research Council, 2002.
    
  • Successes and Difficulties of Small Innovative Firms in Russian Nuclear Cities: Proceedings of a Russian-American Workshop
    Committee on Small Innovative Firms in Russian Nuclear Cities, Office for Central Europe and Eurasia Development, Security, and Cooperation, National Research Council, In cooperation with the Institute of Physics and Power Engineering, Obninsk, Russia, 2002.
    
  • Technical Issues Related to the Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban Treaty
    Committee on Technical Issues Related to Ratification of the Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban Treaty, Committee on International Security and Arms Control, National Academy of Sciences, 2002.
    
• 2001
  • A Comprehensive Nuclear Arms Reduction Regime: Interim Report
    Committee on International Security and Arms Control, National Academy of Sciences, 2001.
    
  • Disposition of High-Level Waste and Spent Nuclear Fuel: The Continuing Societal and Technical Challenges
    Committee on Disposition of High-Level Radioactive Waste Through Geological Isolation, Board on Radioactive Waste Management, National Research Council, 2001.
    
  • A Modified Baseline Incineration Process for Mustard Projectiles at Pueblo Chemical Depot
    Committee on Review and Evaluation of the Army Chemical Stockpile Disposal Program, Board on Army Science and Technology, National Research Council, 2001.
    
  • Research Needs for High-Level Waste Stored in Tanks and Bins at U.S. Department of Energy Sites:
    Environmental Management Science Program
    Committee on Long-Term Research Needs for Radioactive High-Level Waste at Department of Energy Sites, Board on Radioactive Waste Management, National Research Council, 2001.
    
    
  • Science and Technology for Environmental Cleanup at Hanford
    Committee on the Review of the Hanford Site's Environmental Remediation Science and Technology Plan, Board on Radioactive Waste Management, National Research Council, 2001.
    
• 2000
  • Alternatives for High-Level Waste Salt Processing at the Savannah River Site (2000)
  • Long Term Research Needs for High-Level Waste at Department of Energy Sites: Interim Report
    Board on Radioactive Waste Management (2000)
    
  • The Spent-Fuel Standard for Disposition of Excess Weapon Plutonium: Applications to Current DOE Options
    Committee on International Security and Arms Control (2000)
    
• 1995
  • Ward Valley: An Examination of Seven Issues in Earth Sciences and Ecology
    Committee to Review Specific Scientific and Technical Safety Issues Related to the Ward Valley, California Low-Level Radioactive Waste Site, 1995
    
• 1992
  • Nuclear Power: Technical and Institutional Options for the Future
    Committee on Future Nuclear Power Development, Energy Engineering Board, National Research Council, 1992.
    
• 1991
  • The Future of the U.S.-Soviet Nuclear Relationship
    Committee on International Security and Arms Control, National Academy of Sciences, 1991.
    

New York Times
Free registration required.

• Blix Blames Politicians, Not Intelligence, for Iraq
  Op-Ed by Michael E. O'Hanlon, Brookings Institution, March 20, 2004.
  

Nuclear Age Peace Foundation (NAPF)

• Ending the Nuclear Weapons Era
  Online text by David Krieger
  

Nuclear Control Institute
"An independent research and advocacy center specializing in problems of nuclear proliferation. Non-partisan and non-profit, we monitor nuclear activities worldwide and pursue strategies to halt the spread and reverse the growth of nuclear arms."

Nuclear Forces Guide
"The most comprehensive online guide to nuclear weapons delivery systems, doctrine, organizations and facilities around the world."
Federation of American Scientist
Maintained by John Pike

Nuclear History at the National Security Archive
Includes some declassified documents

Nuclear Thermal Propulsion
"A guide to the history and technology of space nuclear propulsion." Including SDI
Maintained by John Pike

Nuclear Threat Initiative (NTI)
"...is working to reduce the global threats from nuclear, biological and chemical weapons and is co-chaired by Ted Turner and Sam Nunn."

• Source Documents
  Includes: Agreements ; Research Papers and Journal Articles ; Congressional Testimony ; Conference Proceedings and White Papers.
  • Nuclear Terrorism
  
  
• North Korea Profile

Nuclear Weapons Systems Sustainment Programs - (dead link)
Summary report on Defense Department's mission

Parameters
US Army War College Quarterly

• Iran in Iraq's Shadow: Dealing With Tehran's Nuclear Weapons Bid (Autumn 2004)
  By Richard L. Russell
  

PBS - Avoiding Armageddon (April 2003)
Web Companion to the TV broadcast hosted by Walter Cronkite.
"This timely series from Ted Turner Documentaries explores the explosive intersection between terrorism and weapons of mass destruction."
Sections include: Personal Tales ; Episode Gallery ; From the Experts ; WMD: A Primer ; Global Security Simulator ; Educational Activities ; Outreach Calendar ; Speak Out.

PBS - Frontline - Chasing Saddam's Weapons (February 2004)
"Nine months after the fall of Saddam Hussein, the U.S. has still not found any weapons of mass destruction in Iraq. An inside look at the hunt for WMD - and the still unanswered questions."
Sections include: Introduction ; Interviews: David Kay and Hans Blix ; Jane Corbin: On the Weapons Trail ; Frequently Asked Questions Links & Readings ; Tapes & Transcripts.

PBS - Frontline - Kim's Nuclear Gamble (April 2003)
"Examining the highly unstable relationship between the U.S. and North Korea and how it has brought the world to the brink of a nuclear showdown."
Sections include: Analysis: The Crisis ; Who Are the North Koreans? ; Chronology ; The North's Nuclear Capability ; Interviews ; Readings & Links ; Producer's Chat ; Teacher's Guide ; Tapes & Transcripts ; Press Reaction.

PBS - NOVA - Dirty Bomb (February 2003)
Web companion to the TV broadcast.
"Radiation experts play out a frightening terrorist scenario - exploding a bomb laden with deadly radioactive materials."
Sections include: Interview and Q&A: Preparing for Terrorism, Ask the Expert ; Timeline and Interactive: Chronology of Events, Sources of Radiation ; Resources ; Links & Books ; Transcript.

PBS - The Online NewsHour - Tracking Nuclear Proliferation
Sections include: News ; Reports ; Interactive ; Resources ; For Students & Teachers.

• Terrorist Threat

Possible Soviet Responses to the US Strategic Defense Initiative
Interagency Intelligence Assessment
Unclassified document released September 1983

Revelations in Newly Released Documents About the U.S. Nuclear Weapons and Okinawa Fuel NHK Documentary
"By far the most important and news-worthy of the documents are those which relate to NSSM 5, the National Security Council study produced in the spring of 1969 which analyzed the U.S. objectives and negotiating position on Okinawan reversion, with particular attention given to the question of the future of U.S. nuclear weapons based on the island."
From the National Security Archives, George Washington University

South Asia Analysis Group (SAAG)

• A New Weapon of Mass Destruction (WMD)
  By B. Raman, Additional Secretary (retd), Cabinet Secretariat, Govt. of India, and, presently, Director, Institute For Topical Studies.
  SAAG Paper No. 1019, 07.06.2004.
  
  

Strategic Defense Initiative

TOP SECRET Memorandum for Mr. Herter from Gerard C. Smith, U.S. Department of State, August 13, 1958
"...this memo points out in chilling terms the nuclear consequences of public commitments by the U.S. to defend Quemoy and Matsu, the islands between Taiwan and mainland China occupied by Chiang Kai-Shek's forces but claimed by the Chinese Communists. Smith describes the Joint Chiefs of Staff war plans for defense of the islands as moving automatically into nuclear strikes on Shanghai and Canton, among other mainland China targets, resulting in 'millions of non-combatant casualties."
Released document from the National Security Archive

Texas Tech University Chornobyl Page (English, Russian or Ukrainian)
Includes bibliography, publications, and conclusions from Chernobyl Research Project.
By A. Pocheptsova

Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons

University of Chicago - Department of Physics

• Enrico Fermi & The Manhattan Project
  Sections include: Enrico Fermi ; The Manhattan Project ; "Nuclear Energy," Sculpted by Henry Moore.
  

UNMOVIC - U.N. Monitoring, Verification and Inspection Commission

• Delegation to the Vienna Talks with IAEA and Iraq (30 Sept. - 1 October 2002)
  On Practical Arrangements for the Resumption of UN Inspections
  
• Documents
• IAEA - International Atomic Energy Agency
  • IAEA Sees Progress in identifying Iraq's Nuclear Capabilities (March 7, 2003)
  • IAEA Iraq Action Team - (dead link)
    Includes: Mandate ; Resolutions ; Reports
    • Fact Sheet: Iraq's Nuclear Weapon Programme - (dead link) (April 2002)
    
    

U.S. Ballistic Missile Defense Organization (BMDO)

U.S. CDC - Medical Response to Nuclear and Radiological Terrorism
Webcast of the February 10, 2004 program.

Commission on the Intelligence Capabilities of the United States Regarding Weapons of Mass Destruction
"After a year of study that included the review of thousands of documents and hundreds of interviews with knowledgeable observers from both within and outside the intelligence community, the Commission presented its report to the President on March 31, 2005."

• Report to the President (March 31, 2005)

U.S. Dept. of Energy see Environmental Studies - DOE Resources

U.S. EPA - Radiation Protection Programs

• Yucca Mountain
  Radiation Protection at Yucca Mountain
  Sections include: About Yucca Mountain ; Roles of Federal Agencies ; Dockets ; Publications ; Laws & Regulations ; FAQ ; Links.
  
  

U.S. Nuclear Accidents
Compiled by Allen Lutins

U.S. Nuclear Weapons Cost Study Project
Includes a great selection of related links.
Stephen I. Schwartz, The Brookings Institution

Uranium Information Centre (Australia)
"The Centre produces and distributes a variety of publications including a weekly news summary (e-mail & web), a bimonthly newsletter, a continually-updated range of Nuclear Issues Briefing papers, and colour information brochures for schools. It also provides material to the news media...The Centre is funded by companies involved in uranium exploration, mining and export in Australia."

• Safety of Nuclear Power Reactors
  Nuclear Issues Briefing Paper 14, September 2001
  

Yucca Mountain... see Eureka Country... above.

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