Research Required to Support Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban Treaty Monitoring

by National Research Council, Panel on Basic Research Requirements in Support of Comprehensive Test Ban Monitoring, Division on Earth and Life Studies, et al.

On September 24, 1996, President Clinton signed the Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban Treaty at the United Nations Headquarters. Over the next five months, 141 nations, including the four other nuclear weapon states--Russia, China, France, and the United Kingdom--added their signatures to this total ban on nuclear explosions. To help achieve verification of compliance with its provisions, the treaty specifies an extensive International Monitoring...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0309058260
• ISBN13: 9780309058261
• Release Date: September 1997
• Publisher: National Academies Press
• Length: 150 Pages
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 8.5" x 11.0"