Research Required to Support Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban Treaty Monitoring

National Research Council

doi:10.17226/5875

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Research Required to Support Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban Treaty Monitoring

(1997)

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.

Contributor(s): National Research Council; Division on Earth and Life Studies; Commission on Geosciences, Environment and Resources; Panel on Basic Research Requirements in Support of Comprehensive Test Ban Monitoring

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National Research Council. 1997. Research Required to Support Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban Treaty Monitoring. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. https://doi.org/10.17226/5875.

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150 pages | 8.5 x 11 |

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Paperback: 978-0-309-05826-1
Ebook: 978-0-309-17450-3

DOI: https://doi.org/10.17226/5875

Chapters		skim
Front Matter	i-xii
Executive Summary	1-6
1 Introduction: The Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban Treaty	7-22
2 CTBT Monitoring Technical Challenges That Drive Research	23-48
3 Monitoring Technologies: Research Priorities	49-82
4 U.S. Research Infrastructure	83-88
5 Conclusions and Recommendations	89-96
References	97-100
Appendix A: Statement of Task	101-102
Appendix B: Research Support History	103-106
Appendix C: Seismic Event Location	107-112
Appendix D: Seismic Magnitudes and Source Strengths	113-120
Appendix E: Hydroacoustics	121-124
Appendix F: Infrasonics	125-130
Appendix G: Radionuclide Source Term Ranges for Different Test Scenarios	131-136
Appendix H: Acronyms	137-138

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