A detailed history of Pakistan's attempt to build the atomic bomb in the 1970s and Jimmy Carter's reaction to the tense diplomatic situation.
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A global legacy of radioactively contaminated land exists as a result of nuclear fuel cycle operations. Demonstration of the safe management of the UK nuclear legacy, including contaminated land, is important whilst the long term fate of legacy waste remains uncertain and the UK…
This thesis comprises a novel and poetics exploring how creative writing practice can be influenced by engaging in psychogeographic studies of landscapes containing nuclear power stations. The focus of this research is the Exclusion Zone surrounding the Chernobyl Nuclear Power S…
John F. Kennedy died on 22 November 1963, the victim of an assassin's bullet. He had been president just over three years and at the time of his premature death was gearing up for his reelection campaign. A short-lived détente between the United States and the Soviet Union emerg…
The United Arab Emirates (UAE) as a recently formed state has undergone a transition, the speed of which has brought the country to the forefront of promoting a global sustainability discourse. Through the introduction of numerous sustainable development initiatives, a self-cont…
For the first time in United Nations Climate Change Conference history COP26, which has been rescheduled for 2021, will be focusing on the implementation of advanced nuclear reactors as a valuable option to reach a net zero carbon future. Soon, one of the most disputable global …
This dissertation is animated by the question of how to understand the emergence and implications of ecosystems thinking in technological and economic development in the post–World War II United States. Situating its evolution within historical and contemporary struggles around …
During the 1980s, public diplomacy campaigns on both sides of the Atlantic competed for moral, political, and scientific legitimacy in debates over arms control, the deployment of new missile systems, ballistic missile defense, and the consequences of nuclear war. The U.S. and U…
This dissertation focuses on the Cold War Era biologists and ecologists who monitored and tested nuclear animals at central Washington’s Hanford Nuclear Site, the place that produced plutonium for atomic bombs during World War II and the Cold War. It tells stories about familiar…
This thesis explores the relationship between Las Vegas, Nevada, and neighboring rural communities throughout the era of atmospheric nuclear testing at the Nevada Test Site. Las Vegas experienced prodigious growth throughout the 1950s, partially engendered by the glut of governm…
This dissertation focuses on a sub-set of nations in NATO – the 11 U.S. allies that are both equipped and eligible to assume operational roles under the Alliance’s “nuclear-sharing” arrangements, as constituted at present by the Dual Capable Aircraft (DCA) posture. The dissertat…
Every year, on March 11, the nation remembers the tragedy that happened in 2011. For one day, the media is engulfed with stories of survival, heroism, tragedy, lost loved ones, parents still searching for their children's remains, evacuees seeking compensation. But on any other …
This research has developed a novel sustainability assessment framework for electricity technologies and scenarios, taking into account techno-economic, environmental and social aspects. The methodology uses a life cycle approach and considers relevant sustainability impacts alo…
The premise of this research is to determine when the end of rentierism will occur in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia as well as what actions the government is taking to prepare for it. After compiling population growth, domestic consumption demand, and depreciating oil production i…