November 23, 2009

Nuclear Test Explosions

Last updated: October 27, 2008

Published by Program in Arms Control, Disarmament, and International Security, University of Illinois

Swords and Ploughshares series
Vol. I / No. 1 / December 1986

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Summary

The first article in this issue is a memorial to the late Arthur B. Chilton, a graduate of Annapolis, a career officer in the U.S. Navy, a professor of nuclear and civil engineering at Illinois, and a co-founder of ACDIS.

The two articles which follow are devoted to the complex and contentious issue of ending all nuclear test explosions. This subject is once again moving to the forefront of the arms control agenda, and so it is a fitting theme for the premiere of Swords and Ploughshares.

The final article of this issue reviews and evaluates the conclusions of the recent reports of the American Catholic and Methodist Bishops on the moral and ethical dimensions of nuclear weapons.

Contents

Introduction [PDF]
Jeremiah D. Sullivan

Arthur B. Chilton—1918-1986: an ACDIS Pioneer [PDF]
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Nuclear Test Bans: the Verification Issues [PDF]
Frederick K. Lamb

Nuclear Test Bans: the Policy Issues [PDF]
Jeremiah D. Sullivan

Did the Bishops Ban the Bomb? [PDF]
Jeff McMahan