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ENCYCLOPEDIA

OF WORLD PROBLEMS

AND HUMAN POTENTIAL

  2. World problems
  3. Stockpiles of nuclear warfare material

Stockpiles of nuclear warfare material

  • Excessive number of nuclear weapons

Nature

A considerable amount of nuclear warfare material is stockpiled, the amount being in excess of that required to destroy the population of the planet. This stockpiled material might otherwise be available for use in nuclear power reactors to reduce the energy problem.

Incidence

According to USA Defence Secretary Brown, in 1981 the USA had 9,000 strategic nuclear warheads while the USSR had 7,000.

Broader

Competitive acquisition of arms
Excellent
Environmental hazards of nuclear weapons industry
Presentable
Excess military capacity
Unpresentable
Stockpiles of nuclear material
Yet to rate

Aggravated by

Vulnerable nuclear weapons arsenals
Presentable

Strategy

Negotiating convention for the elimination of nuclear weapons
Excellent
Preventing nuclear proliferation
Presentable
Stockpiling nuclear material
Yet to rate
Securing bomb-grade nuclear material from the former Soviet Union
Yet to rate
Preventing movement of weapons-usable nuclear materials to non-nuclear states
Yet to rate

Value

War
Yet to rate
Excess
Yet to rate

SDG

Sustainable Development Goal #7: Affordable and Clean EnergySustainable Development Goal #12: Responsible Consumption and Production

Metadata

Database
World problems
Type
(E) Emanations of other problems
Biological classification
N/A
Subject
  • Defence » Arms
  • Defence » War
  • Fundamental sciences » Material
  • Transportation, telecommunications » Storage
    • Content quality
    Presentable
     Presentable
    Language
    English
    1A4N
    C0311
    DOCID
    11303110
    D7NID
    147025
    Last update
    Oct 4, 2020