Nuclear Status and Issues

Dennis SilvermanDepartment of Physics and AstronomyU. C. IrvineCourse Website: http://www.physics.uci.edu/~silverma/copenhagen.html

Nuclear Weapons Issues

Copenhagen focuses on the moral questions of the development of nuclear weapons.

Today, we are faced with the dangers of new nuclear nations.

We also have questions of limiting or expanding our own nuclear weapons.

We are also rapidly constructing an ABM system. New agreements on limitation and treaties have been

made. Is it time for more public concern and discussion on

these nuclear issues?

Nuclear Power Issues

We will examine the dramatic growth of nuclear power reactors since the events of Copenhagen.

Faced with global warming from fossil fuels in this century, or their shortages, we examine the possible role of nonpolluting nuclear power.

We will also examine other new power solutions.

Schedule

Introduction to Nuclear Status and Issues Nuclear Arsenals Nuclear Treaties Discussion Break Nuclear Reactors Nuclear Reactors and Global Warming

Solutions Discussion Analysis of the course by John Bush