Nuclear Weapons: Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty Metadata

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Title

  • Main Title Nuclear Weapons: Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty
  • Series Title CRS Issue Briefs

Creator

  • Author: Medalia, Jonathan
    Creator Type: Personal
    Creator Info: Foreign Affairs, Defense, and Trade Division

Publisher

  • Name: Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service.
    Place of Publication: Washington D.C.

Date

  • Creation: 2006-04-27

Language

  • English

Description

  • Content Description: A comprehensive test ban treaty, or CTBT, is the oldest item on the nuclear arms control agenda. Three treaties currently limit testing to underground only, with a maximum force equal to 150,000 tons of TNT. According to the Natural Resources Defense Council, the United States conducted 1,030 nuclear tests, the Soviet Union 715, the United Kingdom 45, France 210, and China 45. The last U.S. test was held in 1992; the last U.K. test, in 1991. Russia claims it has not conducted nuclear tests since 1991.
  • Physical Description: 19 p.

Subject

  • Legislative Subject Terms: Nuclear weapons
  • Legislative Indexing Vocabulary: Arms control agreements
  • Legislative Indexing Vocabulary: Nuclear weapons
  • Keyword: International affairs
  • Keyword: Defense policy

Coverage

  • Time Period: mod-tim
  • Coverage Date: 1999/2006

Collection

  • Name: Congressional Research Service Reports
    Code: CRSR

Institution

  • Name: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
    Code: UNTGD

Rights

  • Rights Access: public

Resource Type

  • Report

Format

  • Text

Identifier

  • CRS Report Number: IB92099
  • Accession or Local Control No: IB92099 2006-04-27
  • Archival Resource Key: ark:/67531/metacrs8933
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