Nuclear Proliferation Prevention Act of 1994, United States
Published: August 28, 2008, 9:50 pm
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Cutler J. ClevelandUnited States Congress passed the Nuclear Proliferation Prevention Act of 1994 in an attempt to prevent nations without nuclear weapon capabilities from obtaining such technology. It also aimed to prevent both aboveground and underground nuclear weapons-testing worldwide. Any nation found performing tests with nuclear weapons or assisting a non-nuclear weapons nation by aiding their efforts to use, develop, produce, stockpile, or acquire any nuclear explosive material or device, would come under sanctions. Sanctions imposed upon a country could include cutting off all U.S. assistance, banning any financial relations, and establishing stringent licensing rules on commercial exports and imports.
In May of 1998, India and Pakistan performed underground nuclear weapon testing, bringing about the enforcement of U.S. sanctions. However, after a few months, both countries agreed to stop testing and the U.S. arranged to relax some of the sanctions. After the terrorist attacks on the U.S. on September 11, 2001, President George W. Bush approved the lifting of all sanctions.
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Ida Kubiszewski PhD (Lead Author);Cutler J. Cleveland (Topic Editor) "Nuclear Proliferation Prevention Act of 1994, United States". In: Encyclopedia of Earth. Eds. Cutler J. Cleveland (Washington, D.C.: Environmental Information Coalition, National Council for Science and the Environment). [First published in the Encyclopedia of Earth August 28, 2008; Last revised Date August 28, 2008; Retrieved May 20, 2013 <http://www.eoearth.org/article/Nuclear_Proliferation_Prevention_Act_of_1994,_United_States>
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Dr. Ida Kubiszewski is a Senior Lecturer at the Crawford School of Public Policy at Australian National University. She is also a co-founder and former-Managing Editor the Encyclopedia of Earth. Dr. Kubiszewki is currently working as the Managing Editor for a magazine/journal hybrid called Solutions. Solutions is an outlet for discussions focusing on solutions to the complex problems we are now facing in ... (Full Bio)
United States Congress passed the Nuclear Proliferation Prevention Act of 1994 in an attempt to prevent nations without nuclear weapon capabilities from obtaining such technology. It also aimed to prevent both aboveground and underground nuclear weapons-testing worldwide. Any nation found performing tests with nuclear weapons or assisting a non-nuclear weapons nation by aiding their efforts to use, develop, produce, stockpile, or acquire any nuclear explosive material or device, would come under sanctions. Sanctions imposed upon a country could include cutting off all U.S. assistance, banning any financial relations, and establishing stringent licensing rules on commercial exports and imports.
In May of 1998, India and Pakistan performed underground nuclear weapon testing, bringing about the enforcement of U.S. sanctions. However, after a few months, both countries agreed to stop testing and the U.S. arranged to relax some of the sanctions. After the terrorist attacks on the U.S. on September 11, 2001, President George W. Bush approved the lifting of all sanctions.
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