| ID | 086467 |
| Title Proper | Complete cutoff |
| Other Title Information | designing a comprehensive fissile material treaty |
| Language | ENG |
| Author | Meerburg, Arend ; Hippel, Frank N Von |
| Publication | 2009. |
| Summary / Abstract (Note) | President Barack Obama has pledged to "lead a global effort to negotiate a verifiable treaty ending the production of fissile materials for weapons purposes."[1] Fissile materials are the chain-reacting fissionable materials that are the essential ingredients in nuclear weapons, in practice, highly enriched uranium (HEU) and separated plutonium. Obama is not the first president to back the negotiation of such a treaty: President Bill Clinton did so after the UN General Assembly in 1993 adopted by consensus a resolution calling for negotiation of a "non-discriminatory, multilateral and internationally and effectively verifiable treaty banning the production of fissile material for nuclear weapons or other explosive devices."[2] Even the administration of President George W. Bush tabled a draft treaty at the Geneva-based Conference on Disarmament (CD), albeit without international verification. |
| `In' analytical Note | Arms Control Today Vol. 39, No. 2; Mar 2009: p.16-23 |
| Journal Source | Arms Control Today Vol. 39, No. 2; Mar 2009: p.16-23 |
| Key Words | Complete Cutoff ; Comprehensive Fissile Material Treaty ; Barack Obama ; Nuclear Weapons ; Bill Clinton ; UN General Assembly ; United States ; IPFM Draft Treaty |