AW: [ RadSafe ] CTBTO press release....clarification/question

[Franz Schönhofer]

Sorry. I have to protest against this absolute wrong opinion. The USA have
by no means followed the CTBTO treaty, though they signed it. The internal
attitude toward nuclear weapons in the USA is clearly to improve their
efficiency, their reliability etc. (see an openly distributed film at Los
Alamos). The external attitude is to blackmail any attempts for nuclear
capability in at least North Korea and Iran, but not at all mostly in India,
Pakistan, Israel to name a few.

I hate the thought that we will one day be surrounded by dozens of states
capable to send nuclear weapons on us. The potential of destruction
originating from todays "nuclear powers" is by now means less.  

Best regards,

Franz

Franz Schoenhofer, PhD
MinRat i.R.
Habicherg. 31/7
A-1160 Wien/Vienna
AUSTRIA


-----Ursprüngliche Nachricht-----
Von: radsafe-bounces at radlab.nl [mailto:radsafe-bounces at radlab.nl] Im Auftrag
von Peter Fear
Gesendet: Freitag, 29. Mai 2009 16:30
An: radsafe at radlab.nl; mmiller at sandia.gov
Betreff: Re: [ RadSafe ] CTBTO press release....clarification/question

The President "signs" the treaty and then the Senate votes to ratify it. It
does not take effect until it is ratified although the US usually will
follow it.

Pete


Peter Fear
Health Physics Technologist
SUNY Upstate Medical University
Radiation Safety Office
636 UH
750 E. Adams St.
Syracuse, NY 13210

Phone: (315)464-6510
FAX:     (315)464-5095
fearp at upstate.edu



>>> "Miller, Mark L" <mmiller at sandia.gov> 05/29/09 10:08 AM >>>
 The way I read it, the U.S. has signed the treaty, but NOT ratified it. 
What's the distinction?

Background:
180 States, the vast majority of the international community, have signed
the CTBT, underscoring their support for a definitive ban on nuclear
testing. 148 of these have also ratified the Treaty. To enter into force,
however, the CTBT must be signed and ratified by 44 specific States. These
States participated in the negotiations of the Treaty in 1996 and possessed
nuclear power or research reactors at the time. Thirty-five of these States
have ratified the Treaty, including the three nuclear weapon States France,
Russian Federation and the United Kingdom. Of the nine remaining States,
China, Egypt, Indonesia, Iran, Israel and the United States have signed the
Treaty, whereas the DPRK, India and Pakistan have not yet signed it.

CTBTO press release
http://www.ctbto.org/press-centre/highlights/2009/ctbtos-initial-findings-on
-the-dprks-2009-announced-nuclear-test/



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