A fissile material cut-off treaty understanding the critical issues
United Nations Institute for Disarmament Research.
- New York Geneva United Nations 2010.
- xiv, 129 p. ill. 21 cm.
"UNIDIR/2010/4."
Includes bibliographical references (p. 111-127).
Fissile material negotiations in the Conference on Disarmament / -- Verified cut-off of fissile material production for weapons / International Panel on Fissile Materials -- A verified ban on fissile material production / Andreas Persbo -- A treaty on fissile materials--just cut-off or more? / Annette Schaper -- Treatment of pre-existing fissile material stocks in an FM(C)T / Harold A. Feiveson -- Focusing on FMCT verification / Bruno Pellaud -- IAEA safeguards and verification activities / International Atomic Energy Agency.
A mandate to negotiate a treaty banning the production of fissile material for nuclear weapons has been under discussion in the Conference of Disarmament (CD) in Geneva since 1994. On 29 May 2009 the Conference on Disarmament finally agreed on a mandate to begin those negotiations; shortly afterwards, UNIDIR, with the support of the Government of Switzerland, launched a project with two main objectives. The project sought to remind diplomats of the history of the CD's treatment of the topic of banning the production of fissile material for nuclear weapons. It also aimed to shed light on the critical issues at stake in the negotiation of a fissile material treaty. This publication is a compilation of various products of the project . It includes a briefing paper on the work of the CD on developing a mandate for the negotiation of a fi ssile material treaty, a list of relevant CD documents, a bibliography of relevant academic and other materials, and papers presented or drawn upon at three seminars convened by UNIDIR under the project.--Publisher's description.
Nuclear Fuels--Law and legislation. Nuclear nonproliferation