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NUCLEAR PROLIFERATIONLESSON 1– THE NPT
OBJECTIVES
• Students will differentiate between nuclear, biological, and chemical weapons.
• Students will explain the history and purpose of the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty.
• Students will examine current issues facing the global community surrounding nuclear weapons.
• Students will formulate opinions about the use and regulation of nuclear weapons.
WARM UP• Reading
• What are weapons of mass destruction?
• Nuclear, chemical, biological
• Inflict mass casualties & destruction
COMPARE & CONTRAST TYPES OF WMD’S
Biological
Nuclear
Chemical
Identify as much as you know about each of these three types of WMDs
Work with your North partner!
HISTORY OF NUCLEAR PROLIFERATION
• 1945 – US 1st A-Bombs, end WW2
• 1946 – Baruch Plan
• 1949 – USSR 1st A-Bomb
• 1950’s – GB, FRA, China detonate
• Sputnik – Proliferation
• Geneva Accords
• 1957 – IAEA Created
• 1962 – Partial Test-Ban Treaty after Cuban Crisis
• 1968 – UN proposes Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty
• 1970 – NPT Official
• Physical Effects of an Atomic Bomb Explosion
• http://app.discoveryeducation.com/search
• Review the effects of nuclear weapons
• Give Handout
NPT
• Controls dvpt, spread, use of nuclear technology
• 3 Goals:
• Non-proliferation
• Disarmament
• Fair access for peaceful use
• Signed March 5, 1970
• 43 Original, 189 Today
NPT CATEGORIES
• Nuclear Weapons States (NWS)
• Exploded device prior Jan 1967
• US-USSR-GB-France –China
• Can‘t transfer weapons/info
• Non-Nuclear Weapons States (NNWS)
• Don’t /Won’t have
• Technology for peaceful use
• IAEA Monitoring
NPT ARTICLES
• I – NWS can’t transfer weapons/info to NNWS
• II – NNWS won’t receive weapons/info
• III – NNWS won’t turn peace into weapons, IAEA monitoring
• IV – All R&D peaceful tech, free exchange info/tech, share w/dvp world
• V – Share at lowest possible cost (free?)
• VI – Agree to disarm negotiations
• VII – Can make own disarm treaties
• VIII – Meet every 5 yrs
PREDICTIONS
• Think Pair Share
• List the top 5 countries with Nuclear Weapons in order
ACTIVITY: MAPPING THE NUCLEAR WORLD
• Using your smartphones search “Choices Mapping the Nuclear World”
• Click on the site
• Then click on the Nuclear Weapons map under “Resources”
NPT• NWS – Big 5
• Non-NPT Nuclear States
• India & Pakistan (Never signed)
• N.Korea (Quit ‘93, ‘03)
• Iran (NPT Member)
• Suspected Programs
• Israel (Never signed)
• Syria/Myanmar
http://abcnews.go.com/GMA/Media/north-korea-helping-myanmar-secret-nuclear-program/story?id=10823439
IMPORTANCE?
• Prevents proliferation
• Regulations
• Sets stage for future negotiation
• Review Conference every 5 yrs (May 2010)
http://www.un.org/News/Press/docs/2010/dc3243.doc.htm
CURRENT CHALLENGES
• Universality
• Nonsigners –Israel, India, Pakistan
• Non-Compliance
• Iran• http://
www.aljazeera.com/video/middleeast/2011/11/201111734745483645.html
• N.Korea
• Helping Syria & Myanmar?
• Black Market
• Terrorism
• Theft/Illegal Sales
http://www.choices.edu/resources/scholarsonline/nichols/tn5.php
CLOSURE
• Do you view nuclear proliferation as inconsequential or agree with efforts to limit the spread and numbers of nuclear weapons?
INTERACTIVE MAPHTTP://WWW.ALJAZEERA.COM/INDEPTH/INTERACTIVE/2012/05/201252416836407993.HTML
tries and their nuclear weapons
CountryOperational and strategic weapons*
Total arsenal**
SOURCE: FEDERATION OF AMERICAN SCIENTISTS, AS OF 6 MARCH 2012
Russia 2,430 10,000
US 1,950 8,500
France 290 300
China 0 240
UK 160 225
Pakistan 0 90-110
India 0 80-100
Israel 0 80
North Korea 0 Fewer than 10