1. Introduction ...................................................................................................................... 5
2. Scientific Units and Introductory Physics............................................................................. 7
3. Conservation of Energy.................................................................................................... 11
4. The Nucleus of the Atom.................................................................................................. 18
5. Nuclear Radiation............................................................................................................. 24
6. Fission and Fusion............................................................................................................ 40
7. Nuclear Weapons............................................................................................................. 48
8. Nuclear Weapons Effects – Single Explosion...................................................................... 60
9. Nuclear Weapons Effects – Multiple Explosions................................................................ 73
10. The Decision to Build the Hydrogen Bomb........................................................................ 81
11. Strategic Weapons Delivery Systems............................................................................... 92
12. Nuclear Arsenals of the Five Major Nuclear Weapons States................... ……………………...117
13. The Evolution of U. S. Nuclear Weapons Policy............................................................... 127
14. The History of U.S./Russian Arms Control Treaties.......................................................... 139
15. Civil Defense................................................................................................................. 153
16. Missile Defense............................................................................................................. 159
17. Nuclear Reactors........................................................................................................... 174
18. The Nuclear Fuel Cycle and Nuclear Proliferation............................................................ 186
19. The Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty.............................................................................. 197
20. The International Atomic Energy Agency........................................................................ 215
21. Nuclear Weapons States Outside of the NPT........................... ……………………………………….223
22. “The Axis of Evil” and Beyond.................................................................................232
23. Nuclear Weapons Free Zones………………………………………………………239
24. Nuclear Testing and the Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty........................................246
25. Reducing to Zero.................................................................................……………..255
