The Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty and the International Atomic Energy Agency
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 7300491 |
|---|---|
| Authors | George H Quester (corresponding author) |
| Year | 1970 |
| Volume | 24 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 163-182 |
| Publication date | 1970-01-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | International Organization (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0020-8183 • E-ISSN: 1531-5088 |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1017/s002081830002587x |
| OpenAlex | W2142393844 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 3 |
| References cited | 6 |
The United States and the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics have put forward a Treaty on the Nonproliferation of Nuclear Weapons (NPT) designed to prevent the spread of nuclear weapons beyond those five nations which currently possess them: France, the People's Republic of China (Communist China), the Soviet Union, the United Kingdom, and the United States. The treaty requires that signatories already possessing such weapons not give them to other countries and that signatories not yet posses-sing nuclear weapons forego accepting them or manufacturing them indigenously. To reinforce the latter restraint the treaty obligates states renouncing weapons to accept inspection safeguards on their peaceful nuclear activities, inspection by the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA
Agency (philosophy · Arms control · Atomic energy · Business · China · Communism · European union · International trade · Nuclear weapon · Political science · Politics · Sociology · Treaty · Law · Nuclear and radioactivity studies · Nuclear Issues and Defense
| Unique citing works | 3 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,18 |
| Citation span | 2009 - 2015 (7) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 3 |