Wiktionary
n. stopping proliferation of nuclear weapons
WordNet
n. the prevention of something increasing or spreading (especially the prevention of an increase in the number of countries possessing nuclear weapons); "they protested that the nonproliferation treaty was just a plot to maintain the hegemony of those who already had nuclear weapons"; "nuclear disarmament and nonproliferation are closely related goals" [syn: non-proliferation] [ant: proliferation, proliferation]
Usage examples of "nonproliferation".
Raymond Zilinskas is a consultant to my firm on biochem issues, selected because of his impeccable credentials as a United Nations weapons inspector and senior scientist at the Center for Nonproliferation Research at the Monterey Institute of International Studies.
Since the United States had sold the original nuclear fuel to Japan, Washington, under the provisions of the nuclear nonproliferation treaty, maintained a say over what happened to it and how it was handled.
The Soviet-American Orbital Nonproliferation Treaty, the goddamned Proxmire Bill.
Just the day before, the United Nations had voted to permanently extend the Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty, which had been the bedrock of our efforts to contain the proliferation of nuclear weapons for more than twenty-five years.
Since several nations were still trying to obtain them, the extension of NPT was one of my most important nonproliferation objectives.
I already knew that, because Strobe Talbott had been working with Foreign Minister Jaswant Singh and others for months on nonproliferation issues.
Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty permanent, and were working to safeguard and ultimately dismantle nuclear weapons and materials under the Nunn-Lugar program.
While the UN was discussing nonproliferation, the Middle East exploded again.
We condemned the Indian nuclear tests, reaffirmed our support for the Nuclear Nonproliferation and Comprehensive Test Ban treaties, and said we wanted a global treaty to stop the production of fissile materials for nuclear weapons.
Jiang had grown more confident in his ability to deal with such issues in public and he trusted me to disagree in a respectful way, as well as to stress our common interests in ending the Asian financial crisis, advancing nonproliferation, and promoting reconciliation on the Korean peninsula.
We cannot put our faith in the word of tyrants, who solemnly sign nonproliferation treaties and then systemically break them.
The CIA sent more information in, drawing on the work of its Bureau of Weapons Intelligence, Nonproliferation and Arms Control, a unit that included a then unknown undercover CIA operative named Valerie Plame.
United Nations Security Council will issue a statement, deploring the testing of pure-fusion weapons as being contrary to the de facto moratorium on the testing of nuclear weapons and to global nuclear nonproliferation and nuclear-disarmament efforts.
As a senator, Glenn was the chief architect of the Nuclear Nonproliferation Act of 1978, which put strict controls on nuclear trade, helping to reduce the spread of nuclear weapons.
Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty, and we will be held in violation of our treaty obligations.