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Nuclear Testing

  • Time to Move Forward on the Test Ban Treaty
    Arms Control Today
    April 2, 2013

    A ban on nuclear testing has long been and continues to be a key part of a comprehensive, effective U.S. nuclear risk reduction strategy. Four years ago on April 5, President Barack Obama said in Prague, “After more than five decades of talks, it is time for the testing of nuclear weapons to finally be banned.”
  • The Nuclear Testing Tally
    Fact Sheets & Briefs
    February 27, 2013

    February 2013
  • CTBTO Picks Lassina Zerbo as Next Head
    Arms Control Today
    November 2, 2012

    The CTBTO’s member states chose Lassina Zerbo of Burkina Faso as the organization’s next executive secretary. Zerbo is to succeed Tibor Tóth in August 2013.
  • Conference Report Available "CTBT at 15: Status and Prospects"
    Press Room
    October 24, 2012

    (Washington, D.C.) The Arms Control Association, in association with the UK Government and the Vienna Center for Disarmament and Nonproliferation, organized a day-long conference on February 17, 2012 in Vienna, Austria, to mark the 15th anniversary of the establishment of the Preparatory Commission of the Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty Organization (CTBTO). This conference report details the value of the CTBT and explores pathways to its entry into force.
  • No Going Back: 20 Years Since the Last U.S. Nuclear Test
    Issue Briefs
    September 20, 2012

    On September 23, 1992, under the surface of the Nevada Test Site, the United States conducted its 1,030th--and last--nuclear weapon test explosion. At the time, there were serious questions about whether the United States could indefinitely extend the service lives of its nuclear warheads without regular nuclear testing.
  • Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty at a Glance
    Fact Sheets & Briefs
    August 3, 2012

    September 2012
  • North Korea Urged Not to Test
    Arms Control Today
    May 31, 2012

    China, Japan, and South Korea agreed not to “accept further nuclear tests or provocations from North Korea,” according to a May 13 statement by South Korean President Lee Myung-bak. Lee issued the statement from Beijing at the end of a trilateral meeting in May, which included a discussion of Pyongyang’s nuclear program.
  • Osirak and Its Lessons for Iran Policy
    Arms Control Today
    May 2, 2012

    As the international community seeks to stave off an Israeli strike on Iran’s nuclear program, policymakers would do well to draw lessons from the first attack to destroy a nuclear facility, Israel’s bombing of Iraq’s Osirak nuclear reactor on June 7, 1981. At the time, the attack drew near-universal condemnation, but it soon came to be seen as a milestone in nonproliferation, demonstrating that force could be a practical option to halt a suspected nuclear weapons program without harmful repercussions for the attacker.
  • Op-Ed: New evidence for the nuclear test-ban treaty
    Press Room
    April 20, 2012

    More than 50 world leaders met recently in South Korea to address the challenges posed by the buildup and spread of nuclear weapons. As President Barack Obama noted, success depends on a multilayered strategy, including implementation of a global, verifiable treaty banning nuclear weapons testing.
  • Case for the CTBT Is Stronger Than Ever
    Arms Control Today
    April 2, 2012

    Preventing the spread and buildup of nuclear weapons remains one of the highest priority international security challenges. Success depends on a multipronged global strategy, including a verifiable ban on nuclear explosive testing to prevent the emergence of new and more deadly nuclear weapons. U.S. leadership is critical.