MAKING THE AGENDA STICK Lessons Learned From the 2007 NPT PrepCom

After the conclusion of the 2008 Preparatory Committee (PrepCom) for the 2010 Review Conference of the Parties to the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons (NPT), the Nonproliferation Review interviewed Ambassador Yukiya Amano of Japan, who presided over the 2007 session of the PrepCom in Vienna. He provided valuable insights into his preparations for the PrepCom and shared his thoughts on some of the most pressing issues that confronted his chairmanship and the PrepCom as a whole. The interview also provides useful perspectives on the future of the strengthened review process.     

NUCLEAR BOMB SQUAD

Defusing Armageddon: Inside NEST, America's Secret Nuclear Bomb Squad, by Jeffrey T. Richelson. W.W. Norton & Company, 2009. 318 pages, $27.95.     

美军2021财年核电磁脉冲领域国防预算概况与简析

本文基于美国国防部机构、海军、空军和天军2021财年的国防预算文件,梳理出与核电磁脉冲科研活动相关的12个课题,并通过统计对比,提炼出美军核电磁脉冲科研活动的主要内容及关注点.统计结果显示,这些课题均属于"研究、开发、试验与鉴定"范畴,涉及国防科研预算8个子类中的6个,预算总金额为5.28亿美元.总体而言,美军2021...     

“Flectas non frangas”: revisiting early twenty-first century UK–US defense relations (2000–2005) after five years

Adopting the analytical framework of the established interpretive “schools” of Anglo-American relations, this article offers several reflections on UK–US defense relations as they occurred over the significant years of 2000–2005. During those years, trajectories were established on which UK–US defense relations continue to travel today and outcomes emerged which are still being navigated. This article concludes that the Latin phrase, “Flectas Non Frangas” (essentially translated as: “Bend not Break”), is the most appropriate to adopt to characterize the developments undergone in recent UK–US defense relations. Many historical and strategic lessons with contemporary relevance are drawn.     

船用堆间断运行条件下放射性核素的累积规律

采用ORIGEN-2分析了间断运行条件下船用堆放射性核素的累积过程。根据放射性核素累积的影响因素,将核应急早期剂量贡献较大的13种放射性核素分为4类,并得出了4类核素间断运行条件下累积过程的表达式,总结出了相应的累积规律;计算了各核素的衰减时间,并根据其衰减时间,将上述核素分为4组,给出了每组核素的影响持续时间。     

干式空芯限流电抗器的优化设计

干式空芯电抗器采用多个并联包封式结构形式,如何设计出合理的包封个数、包封尺寸、包封内导线层数以及如何选取导线线径便成了一个问题。利用优化设计得到的干式空芯限流电抗器结构合理、耗材最少,并就优化设计的具体问题进行了实际解决。     

Goodbye to all that? Institutionalist theory,U.S. alliances,and Donald Trump

In an important and stimulating article, Stephan Frühling and Andrew O’Neil argue in favor of applying institutionalist theory to understand the alliance politics of U.S. nuclear weapons strategy. But what promise does institutionalist theory really hold in thinking about highly unequal alliances nested in their particular threat environments? I argue that much work remains to be done to determine how much better institutionalist variables explain intra-alliance dynamics over alternative arguments that emphasize power and interests. Balances of power and the nature of threat environments may already account for key aspects of extended deterrent relationships supported by the United States in Europe and Asia. Ironically, the implication of this more traditional interpretation of alliances is that more continuity than change will characterize how Donald Trump will manage U.S. security relationships as President.     

Putin and Russia in retro and forward: the nuclear dimension

Deterioration in security relations as between NATO and Russia reached boiling point in the aftermath of Russia’s annexation of Crimea in 2014 and its subsequent destabilization of Eastern Ukraine. As a result, some voices in the West look forward to the departure of Vladimir Putin from power, and others to the possible disintegration of Russia as a unitary state. However, both the departure of Putin and the collapse of Russia have a nuclear dimension. Putin has issued pointed reminders of Russia’s status as a nuclear great power, and Russian military doctrine allows for nuclear first use in the event of a conventional war with extremely high stakes. Beyond Putin, a breakup of Russia would leave political chaos in Eastern Europe, Central Asia and elsewhere, inviting ambiguous command and control over formerly Russian nuclear forces.     

反应堆实际提棒的中子倍增公式

针对实际的反应堆启动过程中采用步选提棒的方式,并考虑单组缓发中子效应,以点堆中子动力学方程为基础,导出了反应堆启动的中子倍增公式,此公式的计算结果与用纯数值计算结果相同。     

大型圆盘反应器旋转盘环上的液膜运动

参照聚酯的流变性,选用高黏和黏弹性介质作为试验物系,在Φ600,Φ2 000的圆盘反应器中冷模考察旋转盘环上介质成膜条件、膜厚、持液量、液膜运动速度、膜表面更新等流动行为,探讨了纯黏性介质和黏弹性介质流动行为差异,为圆盘反应器结构改进和终缩聚反应—传质计算模型建立奠定了必要的基础.部分研究结果已在我国大型聚酯装置扩容改...