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Nottestad, Tammie L. "What are the security threats to further development of nuclear power plants in the U.S.?" Thesis, Monterey, California : Naval Postgraduate School, 2010. http://edocs.nps.edu/npspubs/scholarly/theses/2010/Mar/10Mar%5FNottestad.pdf.

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Thesis (M.A. in Security Studies (Homeland Security and Defense))--Naval Postgraduate School, March 2010.<br>Thesis Advisor(s): Looney, Robert. Second Reader: Woodbury, Glen. "March 2010." Description based on title screen as viewed on April 21, 2010. Author(s) subject terms: Nuclear Power Plants. Includes bibliographical references (p. 99-111). Also available in print.

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Dauberman, Jamie. "Making decisions about screening cargo containers for nuclear threats using decision analysis and optimization." VCU Scholars Compass, 2010. http://scholarscompass.vcu.edu/etd/2240.

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One of the most pressing concerns in homeland security is the illegal passing of weapons-grade nuclear material through the borders of the United States. If terrorists can gather the materials needed to construct a nuclear bomb or radiological dispersion device (RDD, i.e., dirty bomb) while inside the United States, the consequences would be devastating. Preventing plutonium, highly enriched uranium (HEU), tritium gas or other materials that can be used to construct a nuclear weapon from illegally entering the United States is an area of vital concern. There are enormous economic consequences

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Genzman, Grant Norman. "Ship collision and the Offshore Floating Nuclear Plant (OFNP) : analysis of possible threats and security measures." Thesis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2016. http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/104144.

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Thesis: S.M., Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Department of Mechanical Engineering, 2016.<br>This electronic version was submitted by the student author. The certified thesis is available in the Institute Archives and Special Collections.<br>Cataloged from student-submitted PDF version of thesis.<br>Includes bibliographical references (pages 135-137).<br>The OFNP research group in the Nuclear Science and Engineering Department at MIT is developing a power plant that combines two well-established technologies -- light water reactors and offshore platforms -- into a new design called the

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Madson, Peter N. "The sky is not falling regional reaction to a nuclear-armed Iran." Thesis, Monterey, Calif. : Springfield, Va. : Naval Postgraduate School ; Available from National Technical Information Service, 2006. http://handle.dtic.mil/100.2/ADA445779.

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Thesis (M.A. in National Security Affairs)--Naval Postgraduate School, March 2006.<br>Thesis Advisor(s): Lavoy, Peter R. "March 2006." Description based on title screen as viewed on January 16, 2008.. Includes bibliographical references (p.83-91). Also available in print.

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McDowell, Steven R. "Is Saudi Arabia a nuclear threat?" Thesis, Monterey, Calif. : Springfield, Va. : Naval Postgraduate School ; Available from National Technical Information Service, 2003. http://library.nps.navy.mil/uhtbin/hyperion-image/03sep%5FMcDowell.pdf.

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Thesis (M.A. in National Security Affairs)--Naval Postgraduate School, September 2003.<br>Thesis advisor(s): James Russell, Peter R. Lavoy. Includes bibliographical references (p. 69-79). Also available online.

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Van, Wyck Peter C. "Signs of dangerdangerous signs : responding to nuclear threat." Thesis, McGill University, 1997. http://digitool.Library.McGill.CA:80/R/?func=dbin-jump-full&object_id=35417.

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This doctoral thesis ("Signs of Danger/Dangerous Signs: Responding to Nuclear Threat") is a poststructural, interdisciplinary exploration of the social, political and cultural workings of nuclear threat. Drawing extensively on a nuclear waste burial initiative being undertaken by the United States Department of Energy, this work is a detailed critical analysis of the relationships between the threats posed by nuclear wastes, and the responses provoked in relation to such threats.<br>Working through such theorists as Jacques Lacan and Slavoj Z&circ;iz&circ;ek (the second death, and le Reel), Fr

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Gurgel, Matthew G. "The threat of inadvertent Nuclear War in South Asia." Thesis, Monterey, Calif. : Springfield, Va. : Naval Postgraduate School ; Available from National Technical Information Service, 2001. http://handle.dtic.mil/100.2/ADA390881.

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Thesis (M.A. in National Security Affairs) Naval Postgraduate School, March 2001.<br>Thesis advisors, James Wirtz, Michael Barletta. Includes bibliographical references (p. 75-84). Also Available online.

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Van, Wyck Peter C. "Signs of danger/dangerous signs, responding to nuclear threat." Thesis, National Library of Canada = Bibliothèque nationale du Canada, 1997. http://www.collectionscanada.ca/obj/s4/f2/dsk2/ftp02/NQ44615.pdf.

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Srimuang, Sarunsiri. "The Mortality or Pre-Emtive War : In search of Justifications and Guidelines for Pre-Emptive Warfare." Thesis, Linköping University, Centre for Applied Ethics, 2007. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:liu:diva-9675.

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<p>The thesis argues that, as a tradition, the concept of just war is socially and contextually sensitive and revisable. It explores the relevance of theory according to the dynamic changes in the nature of threats in the international arena and concludes that the just war tradition is still relevant to the contemporary modern threats that require an act of pre-emptive warfare. However, it needs some revision to be comprehensively applicable to the dynamic of modern threats and the nature of pre-emptive war. Due to the nature of pre-emptive war a nation launches the attack before the aggressio

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Myers, Paul Allen. "Future hope and the threat of nuclear war evangelical responses /." Theological Research Exchange Network (TREN), 1985. http://www.tren.com.

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Laughter, Mark 1980. "U.S. nuclear power plants as terrorist targets : threat perception and the media." Thesis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2005. http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/34450.

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Thesis (S.M.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Nuclear Engineering, 2005.<br>Includes bibliographical references (p. 87-90).<br>In recent history, nuclear engineers and the nuclear power industry have been primarily concerned with two things: safety and waste. In the past few years, a third concern has risen to join these two at the top: terrorism. This change occurred on September 11, 2001. Americans now realize that terrorists are willing and able to attack on their home soil and that terrorists have no qualms about attacking civilians. This thesis examines in detail why peop

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Grams, Stacy A. "Evaluating the accomplishments of the cooperative threat reduction program." Thesis, Monterey, Calif. : Springfield, Va. : Naval Postgraduate School ; Available from National Technical Information Service, 2000. http://edocs.nps.edu/npspubs/scholarly/theses/2000/Dec/00Dec_Grams.pdf.

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Williams, David E. "Iran's nuclear program an assessment of the threat to the United States." Thesis, Monterey, California. Naval Postgraduate School, 2009. http://hdl.handle.net/10945/4323.

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Approved for public release, distribution unlimited<br>This thesis explores the threat, if any, posed to the United States by the Iranian nuclear program. Specifically, it addresses whether Iran's pursuit of nuclear technology is likely to represent a threat for homeland defense (direct use of nuclear weapons) or homeland security (indirect use of nuclear weapons through intermediaries). It begins with an overview of the cooperation and conflict between the U.S. and Iran on a number of issues, but primarily in regard to nuclear technology. Next, it addresses Iranian intentions, motivations,

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Haglund, Sean W. "Nuclear Terrorism calibrating funding for defensive programs in response to the threat." Thesis, Monterey, California : Naval Postgraduate School, 2009. http://edocs.nps.edu/npspubs/scholarly/theses/2009/Dec/09Dec%5FHaglund.pdf.

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Thesis (M.A. in Security Studies (Homeland Security and Defense))--Naval Postgraduate School, December 2009.<br>Thesis Advisor(s): Moltz, James Clay. Second Reader: Davis, Zachary. "December 2009." Description based on title screen as viewed on January 26, 2010. Author(s) subject terms: Nuclear, terrorism, domestic, risk, Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMD), Global Nuclear Detection Architecture, Cooperative Threat Reduction(CTR), Department of Energy (DOE), Department of Defense (DoD), Department of Homeland Security (DHS), Department of State (DOS), Russia, Highly-Enriched Uranium, Plutonium.

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Williams, David E. "Iran's nuclear program as assessment of the threat to the United States /." Monterey, California : Naval Postgraduate School, 2009. http://edocs.nps.edu/npspubs/scholarly/theses/2009/Dec/09Dec%5FWilliams.pdf.

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Thesis (M.A. in Security Studies (Homeland Security and Defense))--Naval Postgraduate School, December 2009.<br>Thesis Advisor(s): Hafez, Mohammed ; Kadhim, Abbas. "December 2009." Description based on title screen as viewed on January 27, 2010. Author(s) subject terms: Iran, Nuclear weapons, Deterrence, Homeland defense, Homeland security. Includes bibliographical references (p. 81-90). Also available in print.

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Haddon, Catherine. "Union Jacks and Red Stars on them : UK intelligence, the Soviet nuclear threat and British nuclear weapons policy, 1945-1970." Thesis, Queen Mary, University of London, 2008. http://qmro.qmul.ac.uk/xmlui/handle/123456789/1439.

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This thesis is a study of the British intelligence assessments produced by the UK's Joint Intelligence Committee regarding the Soviet Union's nuclear capabilities and intentions. It examines the origins of such intelligence, the various organisations that collected, collated and analysed it and how it fed into the Joint Intelligence structure. The thesis seeks both to synthesise existing historical analysis and add new evidence on intelligence organisation, collection, analysis and dissemination by examining the development of such assessments over a twenty-five year period and considering how

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Shull, Todd C. "Conventional prompt global strike : valuable military option or threat to global stability /." Thesis, Monterey, Calif. : Springfield, Va. : Naval Postgraduate School ; Available from National Technical Information Service, 2005. http://library.nps.navy.mil/uhtbin/hyperion/05Sep%5FShull.pdf.

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Thesis (M.A. in Security Studies (Civil-Military Relations))--Naval Postgraduate School, September 2005.<br>Thesis Advisor(s): Peter Lavoy, James Russell. Includes bibliographical references (p. 133 -140). Also available online.

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Gordon, Angus. "The nuclear threat : family, ideology and postmodernity in Don DeLillo and David Leavitt /." Title page, contents and introduction only, 1993. http://web4.library.adelaide.edu.au/theses/09AR/09arg662.pdf.

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Fang, Tien-Sze. "The asymmetrical threat perceptions in China-India relations after the 1998 nuclear tests." Thesis, London School of Economics and Political Science (University of London), 2010. http://etheses.lse.ac.uk/2070/.

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This thesis draws on evidence from interactions between China and India over the past few years to make an empirical case for the existence and impact of asymmetrical perceptions of threat between the two countries. The major issues of China-India relations, including the nuclear issue, the boundary problem, the Tibet issue, regional competition and cooperation, and China-India relations in the global context, are examined. The first aim of the thesis is to highlight the asymmetry of the threat perceptions between China and India and has explained the interactions of Sino-Indian relations. Ind

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Gellene, David J. "Deterring nuclear-armed Third World dictators: a targeting strategy for the emerging threat." Thesis, Monterey, California. Naval Postgraduate School, 1992. http://hdl.handle.net/10945/23634.

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Approved for public release; distribution unlimited.<br>The continuing efforts of several developing nations to acquire nuclear weapons indicates that the United States may be required to implement a deterrence policy aimed at authoritarian regimes in the Third World. Therefore. U. S. decision-makers must re-evaluate the conceptual foundations of American deterrence policy. This research suggests a solution to the problem of deterring nuclear-capable Third World nations from using nuclear weapons against the United States, its allies and friends. The new deterrence policy is based on the

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Hunter, Jennifer Lynn. ""Is it even worthwhile doing the dishes?" : Canadians and the nuclear threat, 1945-1963." Thesis, McGill University, 2004. http://digitool.Library.McGill.CA:80/R/?func=dbin-jump-full&object_id=85169.

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Canadians faced an unprecedented threat after the Second World War. Located between two competing superpowers Canada could become the battlefield of a third world war. How did Canadians respond to the nuclear threat? The government of John Diefenbaker warned that millions of Canadians could die in a nuclear war. It strengthened Canada's contribution to the defence of North America and Europe and dedicated more resources to civil defence. Between 1957 and 1963 the domestic issue of nuclear arms acquisition and growing cold war tensions combined to draw attention to the threat. Newly foun

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Arnold, Jacquelyn. "British civil defence policy in response to the threat of nuclear attack, 1972-1986." Thesis, London Metropolitan University, 2014. http://repository.londonmet.ac.uk/1287/.

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This thesis investigates how successive British governments in the last two decades of the Cold War developed and adapted civil defence policies aimed at mitigating the effects of a nuclear attack on the population of Britain. It tests the hypothesis that civil defence in Britain from 1972 until 1986 was shaped by three distinct influences; economic, ideological and external. It establishes in which ways and to what extent policy was shaped by these factors and which, if any, was the primary determinant of the major policy decisions of the time. It explains how changing economic, ideological a

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Powell, Charles R. H. "Addressing Global Threat: Exploring the Relationship between Common Purpose and Leadership." Antioch University / OhioLINK, 2014. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=antioch1416412672.

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Podracká, Petra. "Izraelská bezpečnosť a existenčné hrozby v 21. storočí." Master's thesis, Vysoká škola ekonomická v Praze, 2011. http://www.nusl.cz/ntk/nusl-193796.

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This Master Thesis aims to present the current existential threats to Israeli security. Israel is a Jewish country in the middle of the Muslim region and her demise is wished by many involved parties. The Author describes sophisticated security systems of Israel, their efficiency and its unofficial nuclear program. From the state actors, it is Iran that has become the number one perceived threat in Israel thanks to its officials' rhetoric, its support towards terrorist organizations and its nuclear program. Israel is often involved in asymmetrical conflicts against non-state actors like Hamas

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Finch, Guy Robert. "Replacing the V-Bombers : RAF strategic nuclear systems procurement and the bureaucratic politics of threat." Thesis, Aberystwyth University, 2001. http://hdl.handle.net/2160/a1f8f757-8755-4755-a605-f4f6ed7225a7.

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Williams, P. G. "Mutant culture : the politics of ambivalence in Western cultural responses to the nuclear threat since 1945." Thesis, University of Exeter, 2005. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.418817.

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Vaz, Antonio Carlos Alves. "Implementação e avaliação do sistema de proteção física do reator IEA-R1." Universidade de São Paulo, 2016. http://www.teses.usp.br/teses/disponiveis/85/85133/tde-25072016-092417/.

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Os ataques terroristas ocorridos nos Estados Unidos em setembro de 2001, o acidente ocorrido na central nuclear de Fukushima em março de 2011 e os recentes ataques em Paris em novembro de 2015 são exemplos de eventos que corroboram a necessidade da Agência Internacional de Energia Atômica em melhorar a segurança nas instalações nucleares. O governo brasileiro vem contribuindo com este projeto e investindo recursos para melhoria do Sistema de Proteção Física, do reator nuclear de pesquisas localizado no Instituto de Pesquisas Energéticas e Nucleares São Paulo, sistema que tecnicamente é coloca

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Ray, Madelyn. "TheRole of the Nucleus Accumbens Core in Scaling Fear to Degree of Threat:." Thesis, Boston College, 2021. http://hdl.handle.net/2345/bc-ir:109068.

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Thesis advisor: Michael A. McDannald<br>Identifying the neural circuits underlying adaptive fear is fundamental to understanding and developing more effective treatments for anxiety disorders. Adaptive behavior requires fear to scale to the level of threat and dysfunction in this capacity is a hallmark of fear-related anxiety disorders. Identifying the neural circuits underlying adaptive fear is fundamental to understanding anxiety disorders and propelling more effective treatments for patients. Fear is adaptive when the level of the response rapidly scales to degree of threat. Using a discrim

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Petersen, Cari. ""Be active before you become radioactive" the threat of nuclear war and peace politics in East Germany, 1945--1962 /." [Bloomington, Ind.] : Indiana University, 2004. http://wwwlib.umi.com/dissertations/fullcit/3162257.

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Thesis (Ph.D.)--Indiana University, 2004.<br>Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 66-01, Section: A, page: 0297. Supervisor: James Diehl. Title from dissertation home page (viewed Oct. 12, 2006).

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Yoon, Seongwon. "Distorted security discourses : the ROK's securitisation of the Korean nuclear crisis, 2003-2013." Thesis, University of Bradford, 2016. http://hdl.handle.net/10454/15865.

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South Korea’s security discourse on the nuclear threat posed by North Korea has been dichotomised by its position within the political spectrum between the progressives and conservatives. By drawing upon Securitisation Theory (ST), this study challenges the current security discourse in South Korea, which has divided and misled the public as well as securitising actors. This study examines the security discourses of the Roh Moo-hyun (2003–2008) and Lee Myung-bak (2008–2013) administrations, since they represent the archetypes of the progressives and conservatives respectively. The results of t

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Yoon, Seongwon. "Distorted Security Discourses. The ROK’s Securitisation of the Korean Nuclear Crisis, 2003–2013." Thesis, University of Bradford, 2016. http://hdl.handle.net/10454/15865.

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South Korea’s security discourse on the nuclear threat posed by North Korea has been dichotomised by its position within the political spectrum between the progressives and conservatives. By drawing upon Securitisation Theory (ST), this study challenges the current security discourse in South Korea, which has divided and misled the public as well as securitising actors. This study examines the security discourses of the Roh Moo-hyun (2003–2008) and Lee Myung-bak (2008–2013) administrations, since they represent the archetypes of the progressives and conservatives respectively. The results of t

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Tandon, Prateek. "Bayesian Aggregation of Evidence for Detection and Characterization of Patterns in Multiple Noisy Observations." Research Showcase @ CMU, 2015. http://repository.cmu.edu/dissertations/658.

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Effective use of Machine Learning to support extracting maximal information from limited sensor data is one of the important research challenges in robotic sensing. This thesis develops techniques for detecting and characterizing patterns in noisy sensor data. Our Bayesian Aggregation (BA) algorithmic framework can leverage data fusion from multiple low Signal-To-Noise Ratio (SNR) sensor observations to boost the capability to detect and characterize the properties of a signal generating source or process of interest. We illustrate our research with application to the nuclear threat detection

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Carpes, Mariana [Verfasser], and Detlef [Akademischer Betreuer] Nolte. "From Breadcrumbs to threads of wool : Building a neoclassical realist approach for the study of regional powers nuclear choices / Mariana Carpes. Betreuer: Detlef Nolte." Hamburg : Staats- und Universitätsbibliothek Hamburg, 2016. http://d-nb.info/1081768150/34.

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Newman, Andrew Minto Clarke. "The United States Congress and the Cooperative Threat Reduction Program : August 1991 to December 1996." Monash University, School of Political and Social Inquiry, 2001. http://arrow.monash.edu.au/hdl/1959.1/9285.

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Underwood, Aubrey. "The Apocalypse will be Televised: Representations of the Cold War on Network Television, 1976-1987." Digital Archive @ GSU, 2011. http://digitalarchive.gsu.edu/history_diss/27.

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This dissertation examines how the major television networks, in conjunction with the Reagan administration, launched a lingering cloud of nuclear anxiety that helped to revive the Cold War during the 1980s. Placed within a larger political and cultural post-war context, this national preoccupation with a global show-down with the Soviet Union at times both hindered and bolstered Reagan’s image as the archetypal conservative, cowboy President that could free America from its liberal adolescent past now caustically referred to as “the sixties.” This stalwart image of Reagan, created and careful

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Dioum, Sidy. "La mise à l'épreuve du régime de non-prolifération des armes nucléaires et leurs vecteurs au regard des crises contemporaines." Thesis, Aix-Marseille, 2017. http://www.theses.fr/2017AIXM0085.

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La fin de la confrontation Est-ouest va apparaître comme un tournant décisif dans la lutte contre la prolifération des armes nucléaires. Alors que le monde se réjouissait de la chute du mur de Berlin, le contexte qui va succéder à cette période est marqué par la poursuite, et même l’aggravation de plusieurs crises graves liées à la prolifération nucléaire en Inde, au Pakistan, en Iran et en Corée du Nord. Ces crises, intervenues alors même que la totalité des armes nucléaires à l’échelle mondiale avait été réduite de plus d’un quart depuis la fin de la guerre froide, ont fait l’objet d’une réa

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Jolly, Édouard. "Les ombres du monde : Anders et le refus du nihilisme." Thesis, Lille 3, 2013. http://www.theses.fr/2013LIL30032.

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Ancien élève de Husserl et Heidegger, Günther Anders (1902-1992) composa une oeuvre philosophique dont la particularité est d'interroger la situation de l'homme face aux événements les plus sombres du 20e siècle. Ce travail, élaboré à partir d'une lecture de l'oeuvre éditée à ce jour, complétée par celle du Nachlass, vise à ressaisir l'unité, la cohérence et la singularité de sa pensée autour d'une question majeure : comment un monde technicisé, un monde sans hommes, est-Il compatible avec une éthique pour des hommes sans monde ? Décrire les ombres du monde, celles d'abord laissées par un mond

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Pyrihová, Marie. "The Social Construction of Nuclear Threat: US Nuclear Disarmament Discourse, 1945 - 2014." Master's thesis, 2015. http://www.nusl.cz/ntk/nusl-336444.

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Nuclear weapons remains in the security discourse of the United States for over 70 years. The threat of nuclear weapons changed its content several times since then. Our study examines how the nuclear threat was socially constructed and how different actors securitized the threat and to which purpose. Our Diploma thesis uses methodological framework of discourse analysis. We examine the political and social nuclear discourse in the U.S. along two levels of analysis: governmental level and nuclear disarmament level. The diploma thesis researches multiple governmental and societal sources in ord

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Thoreson, Gregory George 1985. "A general nuclear smuggling threat scenario analysis platform." Thesis, 2011. http://hdl.handle.net/2152/ETD-UT-2011-08-3725.

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A hypothetical smuggling of material suitable for a nuclear weapon is known as a threat scenario. There is a considerable effort by the U.S. government to reduce this threat by placing radiation detectors at key interdiction points around the world. These detectors provide deterrence and defense against smuggling attempts by scanning vehicles, ships, and pedestrians for threat objects. Formulating deployment strategies for these detectors within the global transportation network requires an understanding of the complex interactions between the attributes of a smuggler and the detection systems

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Cho, Chanhyun. "North Korea's First 2006 Nuclear Test: Balancing against Threat?" Thesis, 2014. http://hdl.handle.net/1828/5601.

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This thesis investigates the events leading up to and following the first North Korean nuclear test, which took place in 2006, in order to examine first, whether the test helped the North Korean regime survive, and second, how this unilateral action acted as a balance to the United States’ policy of oppression. The thesis will also attempt to shed some light on the validity of the Western International Relations (IR) theories by ascertaining the balance of threat and applying the notion of “two-level games” to the nuclear conundrum. Through the lens of these IR theories, the research described

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Gregory, Shaun R. "Nuclear Command and Control in Pakistan." 2007. http://hdl.handle.net/10454/3276.

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Stewart, Garth. "The relationship of adolescents' concern over the threat of nuclear war and several personality dimensions." 1987. http://hdl.handle.net/1993/24234.

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Durán, Felicia Angélica. "Probabilistic basis and assessment methodology for effectiveness of protecting nuclear materials." Thesis, 2010. http://hdl.handle.net/2152/ETD-UT-2010-12-2223.

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Safeguards and security (S&S) systems for nuclear facilities include material control and accounting (MC&A) and a physical protection system (PPS) to protect nuclear materials from theft, sabotage and other malevolent human acts. The PPS for a facility is evaluated using probabilistic analysis of adversary paths on the basis of detection, delay, and response timelines to determine timely detection. The path analysis methodology focuses on systematic, quantitative evaluation of the physical protection component for potential external threats, and often calculates the probability that the PPS

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Hlangani, Mfundo. "Nuclear energy :a new threat to South Africa's Heritage? The case of public participation and heritage protection at thyspunt, Eastern Cape, South Africa." Thesis, 2019. https://hdl.handle.net/10539/29622.

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A minor dissertation submitted in partial fulfilment of the degree of Master of Science Archaeological Heritage Management in the Faculty of Science division of Archaeology School of Geography, Archaeology and Environmental Studies, 2019<br>This study focuses on Thyspunt area in the Eastern Cape Province where an extensive Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) was conducted for over 5 years. The Heritage Impact Assessment (HIA) revealed that Thyspunt contains extensive heritage resources that will be destroyed as result of a Nuclear Power Station (NPS) development. Therefore this study investi

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Petržilková, Daniela. "Sekuritizace bez eskalace? Případ americko-íránských vztahů v oblasti jaderné proliferace." Master's thesis, 2021. http://www.nusl.cz/ntk/nusl-448337.

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- EN The aim of this thesis is to answer the research question of "Why did the US not conduct a military strike on Iranian nuclear facilities during the Trump presidency despite the sharp criticism of Iran's nuclear program?" The thesis presents several hypotheses that deal with the conditions for a military strike against nuclear facilities of a potential nuclear proliferator to be conducted. One such hypothesis is chosen to be confirmed or refuted in the case of US- Iran relations during Trump's presidency. The hypothesis states that Iran was able to deter the US by the threat of conventiona

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Turner, Andrew Alexander. "Phylogeography and speciation in the genus arthroleptella." Thesis, 2009. http://hdl.handle.net/11394/3434.

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Philosophiae Doctor - PhD<br>Moss frogs are restricted to permanently moist terrestrial habitats in the south-western Cape Fold Mountains. There is a very close association between Arthroleptella distribution and Table Mountain Sandstone. Suitable habitats are generally occupied by allopatric populations of moss frogs. Comprehensive spatial sampling of moss frogs (genus Arthroleptella) in the Cape Floristic Region biodiversity hotspot yielded 192 new distribution records; 5 842 advertisement calls from 240 individual male frogs; 31 Rag-1,76 16S, 54 12S sequences and morphological measurements

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