tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-92162023587349362382024-03-13T07:52:41.648+09:00Hiroshima Report Blog: Nuclear Disarmament, Nonproliferation and Nuclear SecurityCenter for the Promotion of Disarmament and Non-Proliferation (CPDNP)http://www.blogger.com/profile/02838250813209228876noreply@blogger.comBlogger43125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9216202358734936238.post-73636055591102010882014-04-07T18:18:00.000+09:002014-04-07T18:18:50.895+09:00Hiroshima Report 2014The Hiroshima Report--Evaluation of Achievement in Nuclear Disarmament, Non-Proliferation and Nuclear Security: 2014" was published on April 7, 2014.
The Report and summary (PDF) can be downloaded from the following links:
Report and Evaluations (in Japanese and English)
Evaluation Sheet (in Japanese and English)
Executive Summary (in Japanese and English)
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Since August 6, 1945, Hiroshima's mission
has been to educate the world about the cruelty and disaster caused by the use
of atomic weapons. Hiroshima has been so successful in their mission that,
after almost 70 years since the destruction, atomic weapons have never been
used during war. As Nobel laureate and economist, Thomas Schelling, pointed out
in his acceptance speech, Hiroshima's legacy Center for the Promotion of Disarmament and Non-Proliferation (CPDNP)http://www.blogger.com/profile/02838250813209228876noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9216202358734936238.post-66547141778774697812014-02-21T14:37:00.001+09:002014-02-21T14:37:30.741+09:00[DRAFT: Hiroshima Report 2013] 3-(3) Efforts to Maintain and Improve the Highest Level of Nuclear Security
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A) Minimization of HEU in Civilian Use
HEU has been
utilized for civilian purposes through the use of research reactors and isotope
production reactors. However, since HEU is suitable for the manufacture of
nuclear explosive devices, if it is removed Center for the Promotion of Disarmament and Non-Proliferation (CPDNP)http://www.blogger.com/profile/02838250813209228876noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9216202358734936238.post-78245651702190004482014-02-21T14:36:00.000+09:002014-02-21T14:36:57.585+09:00[DRAFT: Hiroshima Report 2013] 3-(2)Status of Accession to Nuclear Security and Safety Related Conventions, Participation to Nuclear Security Related Initiatives, and Application to Domestic Systems
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A) Accession Status to Nuclear Security Related
Conventions
This report surveys the accession status of
each country to the following nuclear security and safety related conventions: Convention
on the Physical Protection of Nuclear Material (CPPNM), Center for the Promotion of Disarmament and Non-Proliferation (CPDNP)http://www.blogger.com/profile/02838250813209228876noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9216202358734936238.post-53369148209919143132014-02-10T16:11:00.002+09:002014-02-10T16:11:32.167+09:00[DRAFT: Hiroshima Report 2013] 3-(1) The Amount of Fissile Material Usable for Weapons
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Nuclear security threat is defined as “a
person or group of persons with motivation, intention and capability to commit
criminal or intentional unauthorized acts involving or directed at nuclear
material, other radioactive material, associated facilitiesCenter for the Promotion of Disarmament and Non-Proliferation (CPDNP)http://www.blogger.com/profile/02838250813209228876noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9216202358734936238.post-70104691567849774832014-02-06T17:56:00.000+09:002014-02-06T17:56:07.689+09:00[DRAFT: Hiroshima Report 2013] (3) Nuclear Security: Introduction
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In response to the increasing concern about
“loose nukes” resulting from the dissolution of the Soviet Union and the
terrorist attacks on the United States in September 2011, international efforts
to enhance nuclear security have accelerated and nuclear Center for the Promotion of Disarmament and Non-Proliferation (CPDNP)http://www.blogger.com/profile/02838250813209228876noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9216202358734936238.post-79387727832019041842014-01-31T18:09:00.000+09:002014-01-31T18:09:09.862+09:00[DRAFT: Hiroshima Report 2013] 2-(6) Transparency in the peaceful use of nuclear energy
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In addition to accepting the IAEA
safeguards, as described earlier, a state should aim to be fully transparent
about its nuclear-related activities and future plans, in order to demonstrate
that it has no intention of developing nuclear weapons. A state Center for the Promotion of Disarmament and Non-Proliferation (CPDNP)http://www.blogger.com/profile/02838250813209228876noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9216202358734936238.post-85944920947637170752014-01-30T18:47:00.001+09:002014-01-30T18:47:44.796+09:00[DRAFT: Hiroshima Report 2013] 2-(5) Implementing appropriate export controls on nuclear-related items and technologies
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A) Establishment and implementation of the
national implementation system
Japan serves as a member of all
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including the NSG, and it has established the relevant Center for the Promotion of Disarmament and Non-Proliferation (CPDNP)http://www.blogger.com/profile/02838250813209228876noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9216202358734936238.post-22229021788481022612014-01-28T18:24:00.001+09:002014-01-28T18:24:46.668+09:00[DRAFT: Hiroshima Report 2013] 2-(4) Cooperation with the IAEA
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One of the most important measures to
strengthen the effectiveness of the IAEA safeguards system is to promote the
universal application of the Additional Protocol. Among the countries surveyed
in this project, Australia, Austria, Belgium, Canada, Center for the Promotion of Disarmament and Non-Proliferation (CPDNP)http://www.blogger.com/profile/02838250813209228876noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9216202358734936238.post-3766720904374829342014-01-27T16:45:00.000+09:002014-01-27T16:45:05.172+09:00[DRAFT: Hiroshima Report 2013] 2-(3) IAEA safeguards Applied to NWS and non-parties to the NPT
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A NWS is not required to conclude the CSA
with the IAEA. However, to alleviate the concerns about the discriminatory
nature of the NPT, the NWS have voluntarily agreed to apply safeguards to some
of their nuclear facilities and fissile material that Center for the Promotion of Disarmament and Non-Proliferation (CPDNP)http://www.blogger.com/profile/02838250813209228876noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9216202358734936238.post-34994667644808552492014-01-24T09:48:00.001+09:002014-01-24T09:48:23.374+09:00[DRAFT: Hiroshima Report 2013] 2-(2) IAEA Safeguards Applied to the NPT NNWS
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A) Conclusion of the IAEA Safeguards Agreements
Under Article III-1 of the NPT, “[e]ach Non-nuclear-weapon
State Party to the Treaty undertakes to accept safeguards as set forth in an
agreement to be negotiated and concluded with the International Center for the Promotion of Disarmament and Non-Proliferation (CPDNP)http://www.blogger.com/profile/02838250813209228876noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9216202358734936238.post-39102401981405955902014-01-23T10:01:00.000+09:002014-01-23T10:03:27.960+09:00[DRAFT: Hiroshima Report 2013] 2-(1) Acceptance and compliance with the nuclear non-proliferation obligations
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A) Accession to the NPT
Among the current 194 UN Member
States, those remaining outside the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) are: India
and Pakistan, both of which tested and declared having nuclear weapons in 1998;
Israel, which is widely Center for the Promotion of Disarmament and Non-Proliferation (CPDNP)http://www.blogger.com/profile/02838250813209228876noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9216202358734936238.post-45083749176080573562014-01-22T12:00:00.002+09:002014-01-22T12:01:48.836+09:00[DRAFT: Hiroshima Report 2013] 1-(12) Hiroshima Peace Memorial Ceremony
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On August 6, 2013, the Hiroshima Peace
Memorial Ceremony was held in Hiroshima. Japan’s Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and
Foreign Minister Fumio Kishida attended the Ceremony, along with representatives
from 70 countries and the EU, including:
Ø <!Center for the Promotion of Disarmament and Non-Proliferation (CPDNP)http://www.blogger.com/profile/02838250813209228876noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9216202358734936238.post-79066663752498494622014-01-22T11:59:00.000+09:002014-01-22T12:01:57.271+09:00[DRAFT: Hiroshima Report 2013] 1-(11) Disarmament and non-proliferation education and cooperation with civil society
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As surveyed in
the Hiroshima Report 2012, most countries have not made
available information on their activities undertaken with respect to
disarmament and non-proliferation education, including
cooperation with civil society, or the outcome of these Center for the Promotion of Disarmament and Non-Proliferation (CPDNP)http://www.blogger.com/profile/02838250813209228876noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9216202358734936238.post-92190284903166380562014-01-22T09:59:00.001+09:002014-01-22T12:02:05.707+09:00[DRAFT: Hiroshima Report 2013] 1-(10) Irreversibility
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A) Implementing or planning dismantlement
of nuclear warheads and their delivery vehicles
Just like their previous nuclear arms
control agreements, the New START requires Russia and the United States to dismantle
or convert strategic (nuclear) delivery Center for the Promotion of Disarmament and Non-Proliferation (CPDNP)http://www.blogger.com/profile/02838250813209228876noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9216202358734936238.post-81349610854767994592014-01-22T09:56:00.000+09:002014-01-22T12:02:13.150+09:00[DRAFT: Hiroshima Report 2013] 1-(9) Verifications of Nuclear Weapons Reductions
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In the Hiroshima Report 2012, the following
issues were surveyed: acceptance and implementation of verification for nuclear
weapons reduction; engagement in research and development of verification
measures of nuclear weapons reduction; and acceptance ofCenter for the Promotion of Disarmament and Non-Proliferation (CPDNP)http://www.blogger.com/profile/02838250813209228876noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9216202358734936238.post-25336715246313194722014-01-17T15:35:00.001+09:002014-01-17T15:41:23.828+09:00[DRAFT: Hiroshima Report 2013] 1-(8) Transparency in nuclear forces, fissile material for nuclear weapons, and nuclear strategy/doctrine
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In the Final Document of the 2010 NPT
RevCon, the NWS were called upon to report on actions taken towards
“accelerat[ion of] concrete progress on the steps leading to nuclear
disarmament” to the 2014 PrepCom (Action 5). However, it is pointed out that
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A) Signing and ratifying the CTBT
As of November 2013, 161 countries among
183 signatories have deposited their instruments of ratification of the CTBT. Among
the 44 states listed in Annex 2 of the CTBT, whose ratification is a
prerequisite for the Center for the Promotion of Disarmament and Non-Proliferation (CPDNP)http://www.blogger.com/profile/02838250813209228876noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9216202358734936238.post-65611289159554265702014-01-16T15:10:00.000+09:002014-01-16T15:10:22.003+09:00[DRAFT: Hiroshima Report 2013] 1-(7) Fissile Material Cut-off Treaty (FMCT)
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In the 2013 session of the Conference on
Disarmament (CD), its program of work, including the establishment of an Ad Hoc
Committee on an FMCT negotiation, could not be adopted again, due to Pakistan’s
strong objection, as was the case in the previous Center for the Promotion of Disarmament and Non-Proliferation (CPDNP)http://www.blogger.com/profile/02838250813209228876noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9216202358734936238.post-16433808995723390012014-01-16T09:48:00.001+09:002014-01-16T09:48:17.596+09:00[DRAFT: Hiroshima Report 2013] 1-(5) De-alerting or measures for maximizing decision time to authorize the use of nuclear weapons
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According to one U.S. expert, about 1,800
nuclear weapons possessed by Russia and the United States are considered to be
on high alert status, either Launch On Warning (LOW) or Launch Under Attack (LUA). 48 U.K. nuclear warheads and 80
French ones are Center for the Promotion of Disarmament and Non-Proliferation (CPDNP)http://www.blogger.com/profile/02838250813209228876noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9216202358734936238.post-39624455810793904562014-01-09T10:22:00.001+09:002014-01-09T10:22:48.504+09:00[DRAFT: Hiroshima Report 2013] 1-(2) Commitment to Achieve a World without Nuclear Weapons (sections D)
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D) Humanitarian Consequences of Nuclear Weapons
Since the joint statement delivered by 16 countries at the NPT PrepCom in 2012, debates on humanitarian
consequences of nuclear weapons have received remarkable attention from the
international community.Center for the Promotion of Disarmament and Non-Proliferation (CPDNP)http://www.blogger.com/profile/02838250813209228876noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9216202358734936238.post-84484368871348617912014-01-09T09:39:00.001+09:002014-01-09T10:23:17.773+09:00[DRAFT: Hiroshima Report 2013] 1-(4) Diminishing the Role and Significance of Nuclear Weapons in the National Security Strategies and Policies
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The Hiroshima Report 2012 attempted to
analyze the role and significance of nuclear weapons in the national security
strategies and policies, mainly based on the declaratory policies of the
nuclear-weapon/armed states. In 2013, there have been Center for the Promotion of Disarmament and Non-Proliferation (CPDNP)http://www.blogger.com/profile/02838250813209228876noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9216202358734936238.post-75652570784393216242014-01-06T16:05:00.000+09:002014-01-06T16:06:21.170+09:00[DRAFT: Hiroshima Report 2013] 1-(3) Reduction of Nuclear Weapons
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A) Reduction of nuclear weapons
Russia and the United States continue to
undertake reductions of their strategic nuclear weapons under the New Strategic
Arms Reduction Treaty (New START). The status of their strategic (nuclear) delivery
vehicles and Center for the Promotion of Disarmament and Non-Proliferation (CPDNP)http://www.blogger.com/profile/02838250813209228876noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9216202358734936238.post-72636413968395851662013-12-27T14:20:00.000+09:002013-12-27T14:22:43.620+09:00[DRAFT: Hiroshima Report 2013] 1-(2) Commitment to Achieve a World without Nuclear Weapons (sections C)
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C) Announcement of significant policies and important
activities
Obama’s Berlin Speech
The U.S. President Barack H. Obama addressed
his second-term foreign and security policies, including nuclear disarmament,
non-proliferation and nuclear security at theCenter for the Promotion of Disarmament and Non-Proliferation (CPDNP)http://www.blogger.com/profile/02838250813209228876noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9216202358734936238.post-54020218696469621492013-12-26T13:20:00.000+09:002013-12-27T09:15:09.567+09:00[Op-Ed] Daryl G. Kimball, "The Humanitarian Obligation to Achieve Nuclear Disarmament"
Since
the bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, the catastrophic effects of nuclear
weapons have driven global leaders to pursue concrete steps to reduce the
threat of nuclear weapons use. Yet the threat of the use of nuclear weapons by
the world’s
nine nuclear-armed states—in
response to conventional attack, in response to a nuclear attack, or as the
result of accidental exchange—remains.
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