Abstract
during the Second World War by the United States for purely military purposes. Since then, extensive civilian research and the use of nuclear technologies for peaceful ends has not erased this military heritage. Almost all nuclear technology in use around the world today is ‘dual use’, able to contribute to the production of fuel for nuclear reactors or the explosive components of nuclear weapons. For this reason, there is serious concern that supposedly peaceful nuclear programmes are being used for, or could become, cover for the development of nuclear weapons. The inherent ambiguity surrounding almost all nuclear technology complicates the control of nuclear energy. Under the terms of the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT), non-nuclear-weapons states must declare all their nuclear facilities and activities and permit them to be safeguarded by the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA). To date all cases of noncompliance have involved states failing to declare nuclear facilities or activities, rather than diverting safeguarded nuclear material.1 In the last few years, for instance, clandestine nuclear activities have been uncovered in Egypt,2 Iran3 and South Korea (Republic of Korea),4 and strong evidence of a clandestine reactor in Syria has emerged.5 These discoveries have prompted debates, of varying intensity, about what, if any, action should be taken in response. The Problem with Nuclear Mind Reading
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