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Underground nuclear explosions: Verifying limits on underground testing, yield estimates, and public policy
Author(s) -
Sykes Lynn R.
Publication year - 1987
Publication title -
reviews of geophysics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 8.087
H-Index - 156
eISSN - 1944-9208
pISSN - 8755-1209
DOI - 10.1029/rg025i006p01209
Subject(s) - government (linguistics) , negotiation , nuclear test , political science , gray (unit) , test (biology) , public administration , law , radioactive fallout , engineering , nuclear engineering , geology , nuclear medicine , medicine , paleontology , philosophy , linguistics
The period 1982 to 1986 has seen greatly increased activity in a number of problems related to the verification of nuclear test ban treaties. The greater activity results from a combination of scientific advances, major decisions by the United States Government about the negotiation of test ban treaties, the Soviet moratorium on testing, and much greater interest by the U.S. Congress in nuclear testing, test bans and other aspects of arms control. This review seeks to cover a range of activity that extends from scientific research to governmental decisions and public policy. A major aim has also been to provide a detailed bibliography on what is a wide range of topics. It is still not complete for what is a huge so‐called “gray literature” of reports to various government agencies. The discussion that follows only covers a selected number of these publications and reports.