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nuclear structure

(Encyclopedia)nuclear structure: see nucleus. ...

nuclear waste

(Encyclopedia)nuclear waste: see radioactive waste. ...

nuclear winter

(Encyclopedia)nuclear winter, theory holding that the smoke and dust produced by a large nuclear war would result in a prolonged period of cold on the earth. The earliest version of the theory, which was put forwar...

reactor, nuclear

(Encyclopedia)reactor, nuclear: see nuclear reactor. ...

Rotblat, Sir Joseph

(Encyclopedia)Rotblat, Sir Joseph, 1908–2005, British physicist and anti-nuclear weapons activist, b. Warsaw, Poland; grad. Free Univ. of Poland (M.A., 1932), Univ. of Warsaw (Ph.D., 1938), Univ. of Liverpool (Ph...

Strategic Arms Limitation Talks

(Encyclopedia)Strategic Arms Limitation Talks: see disarmament, nuclear. ...

United Nations Atomic Energy Commission

(Encyclopedia)United Nations Atomic Energy Commission: see disarmament, nuclear. ...

SALT, acronym for Strategic Arms Limitation Talks

(Encyclopedia)SALT, Strategic Arms Limitation Talks: see disarmament, nuclear. ...

peace congresses

(Encyclopedia)peace congresses, multinational meetings to achieve or preserve peace and to prevent wars. Although philosophical and religious pacifism is almost as old as war itself, organized efforts to outlaw war...

Myrdal, Alva

(Encyclopedia)Myrdal, Alva älˈvä mĭrˈdäl, Swed. mürˈdäl [key], 1902–86, Swedish sociologist, diplomat, and political leader. As a sociologist in the 1930s, she initiated a national program establishing s...