Title Nuclear security : the problems and the road ahead / George P. Shultz, Sidney D. Drell, Henry A. Kissinger, Sam Nunn

Published Stanford, California : Hoover Institution Press, [2014] ©2014

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Description 1 online resource (viii, 63 pages) : illustrations Series Hoover Institution Press publication ; no. 654 Hoover Institution Press publication ; no. 654. Contents Preface / George P. Shultz -- Reducing nuclear threat : lessons from experience / George P. Shultz -- Challenges to maintaining trust in the safety and security of the nuclear enterprise / Sidney D. Drell -- Nuclear risk : the race between cooperation and catastrophe / Sam Nunn -- The Gipper's guide to negotiating / George P. Shultz -- What a final Iran deal must do / Henry A. Kissinger and George P. Shultz -- Is it illogical to work toward a world without nuclear weapons? / Sidney D. Drell -- Final thoughts Summary Concern about the threat posed by nuclear weapons has preoccupied the United States and presidents of the United States since the beginning of the nuclear era. Nuclear Security draws from papers presented at the 2013 meeting of the American Nuclear Society examining worldwide efforts to control nuclear weapons and ensure the safety of the nuclear enterprise of weapons and reactors against catastrophic accidents. The distinguished contributors, all known for their long-standing interest in getting better control of the threats posed by nuclear weapons and reactors, discuss what we can learn from past successes and failures and attempt to identify the key ingredients for a road ahead that can lead us toward a world free of nuclear weapons. The authors review historical efforts to deal with the challenge of nuclear weapons, with a focus on the momentous arms control negotiations between U.S. president Ronald Reagan and Mikhail Gorbachev. They offer specific recommendations for reducing risks that should be adopted by the nuclear enterprise, both military and civilian, in the United States and abroad. Since the risks posed by the nuclear enterprise are so high, they conclude, no reasonable effort should be spared to ensure safety and security Notes Some contributions were delivered as papers at a meeting of the American Nuclear Society on November 11, 2013 Includes index Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index Notes Print version record Subject Nuclear arms control. Nuclear nonproliferation. Nuclear weapons -- Safety measures. Nuclear reactors -- Safety measures. Nuclear energy -- Safety measures Nuclear accidents -- Prevention Nuclear weapons -- Security measures -- Congresses Nuclear weapons -- Safety measures -- Congresses POLITICAL SCIENCE -- International Relations -- Arms Control. POLITICAL SCIENCE -- General. Nuclear arms control Nuclear energy -- Safety measures Nuclear nonproliferation Nuclear reactors -- Safety measures Nuclear weapons -- Safety measures Nuclear weapons -- Security measures Rustningskontroll. Kärnvapenspridning. Kärnvapen -- säkerhetsaspekter. Nedrustning. Genre/Form Conference papers and proceedings Form Electronic book Author Drell, Sidney D. (Sidney David), 1926-2016, author Kissinger, Henry, 1923-2023, author Nunn, Sam, author. ISBN 132206315X 9781322063157 081791806X 9780817918088 0817918086 9780817918064

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