Research required to support comprehensive nuclear test ban treaty monitoring / Panel on Basic Research Requirements in Support of Comprehensive Test Ban Monitoring, Committee on Seismology, Board on Earth Sciences and Resources, Commission on Geosciences, Environment, and Resources, National Research Council.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

National Research Council (U.S.). Panel on Basic Research Requirements in Support of Comprehensive Test Ban Monitoring.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Nuclear weapons--Testing--Detection--Research.

Nuclear weapons.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (150 p.)

Place of Publication:

Washington, DC : National Academy Press, c1997.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

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 System of seismic, hydroacoustic, infrasonic, and radionuclide sensors. This volume identifies specific research activities that will be needed if the United States is to effectively monitor compliance with the treaty provisions.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references (p. 97-100).

ISBN:

9786610191567

9780309174503

0309174503

9781280191565

1280191562

9780309590792

0309590795

9780585027852

0585027854

OCLC:

42329334