http://blog.peaceactionwest.org/2009/04/06/the-beginning-of-the-end-of-the-nuclear-weapons-era/ Grassroots action for a safer, more just world Mon, 13 Feb 2012 23:37:09 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ http://blog.peaceactionwest.org/2009/04/06/the-beginning-of-the-end-of-the-nuclear-weapons-era/#comment-3151 Sun, 05 Feb 2012 18:06:53 +0000 http://blog.peaceactionwest.org/2009/04/06/the-beginning-of-the-end-of-the-nuclear-weapons-era/#comment-3151 The Fissile Cutoff Treaty, in my oniipon, has been outmoded by passing events. Its relevance to arms control and treaty reductions does not have the importance it had during the Cold War. The superpowers are not really producing fissile materials for weapons, and the main problem is to urge them to expand the process of fissile-material conversion to reactor grade so that nuclear weapons can be irreversibly demilitarized.Demilitarization of weapon-grade nuclear materials is an ongoing and commercially successful activity, especially for France, Russia, and the United States, and it is the way to go to support meaningful and irreversible nuclear reductions.One of the problems with the FMCT is that its proponents have long been co-opted by individuals who have an agenda of minimizing or interfering with the growth of nuclear reactors around the world. However, nuclear reactors are exactly what’s needed to the commercially successful and irreversible conversion of existing fissile materials. –Alex DeVolpiIncidentally, I like your communication outreach through Facebook and this Blog.

]]> http://blog.peaceactionwest.org/2009/04/06/the-beginning-of-the-end-of-the-nuclear-weapons-era/#comment-1023 Wed, 20 Jan 2010 20:33:08 +0000 http://blog.peaceactionwest.org/2009/04/06/the-beginning-of-the-end-of-the-nuclear-weapons-era/#comment-1023 [...] Help Advance Nuclear Disarmament 2010 January 20 tags: NPT Review Conference, nuclear disarmament, Nuclear Weapons, Nukes by Cara Bautista “One nuclear weapon exploded in one city — be it New York or Moscow, Islamabad or Mumbai, Tokyo or Tel Aviv, Paris or Prague — could kill hundreds of thousands of people. And no matter where it happens, there is no end to what the consequences might be — for our global safety, our security, our society, our economy, to our ultimate survival.” – President Barack Obama, Prague, April 5, 2009 [...]

]]> http://blog.peaceactionwest.org/2009/04/06/the-beginning-of-the-end-of-the-nuclear-weapons-era/#comment-442 Wed, 17 Jun 2009 01:26:15 +0000 http://blog.peaceactionwest.org/2009/04/06/the-beginning-of-the-end-of-the-nuclear-weapons-era/#comment-442 [...] policies put in place by the Bush administration, and institutionalize the steps forward from President Obama’s Prague speech, where he stated “America’s commitment to seek the peace and security of a world [...]

]]> http://blog.peaceactionwest.org/2009/04/06/the-beginning-of-the-end-of-the-nuclear-weapons-era/#comment-269 Thu, 07 May 2009 00:37:15 +0000 http://blog.peaceactionwest.org/2009/04/06/the-beginning-of-the-end-of-the-nuclear-weapons-era/#comment-269 [...] Obama has repeatedly stated his firm commitment to work toward a nuclear weapons free world. In his speech from Prague in early April, he [...]

]]> http://blog.peaceactionwest.org/2009/04/06/the-beginning-of-the-end-of-the-nuclear-weapons-era/#comment-256 Tue, 05 May 2009 18:54:39 +0000 http://blog.peaceactionwest.org/2009/04/06/the-beginning-of-the-end-of-the-nuclear-weapons-era/#comment-256 [...] One month ago in Prague, I reaffirmed the United States’ commitment to the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT). As I said then, the United States believes that the NPT’s framework is sound: countries with nuclear weapons will move toward disarmament, countries without nuclear weapons will not acquire them, and all countries can have access to peaceful nuclear energy. [...]

]]> http://blog.peaceactionwest.org/2009/04/06/the-beginning-of-the-end-of-the-nuclear-weapons-era/#comment-169 Tue, 21 Apr 2009 20:35:50 +0000 http://blog.peaceactionwest.org/2009/04/06/the-beginning-of-the-end-of-the-nuclear-weapons-era/#comment-169 [...] War statesmen calling for a world free of nuclear weapons through OpEds in the Wall Street Journal. Earlier this month President Obama promised, To achieve a global ban on nuclear testing, my Administration will immediately and aggressively [...]

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