Key Terms and Concepts
Research and development undertaking during World War II that produced the first nuclear weapons
What is the The Manhattan Project
Committed America to a massive secret program to make an atomic bomb.
Who is President Roosevelt
The site for assembling the bomb.
What is The Los Alamos Laboratory in New Mexico
International organization that seeks to promote the peaceful use of nuclear energy (IAEA)
What is the International Atomic Energy Agency
Adopted by the General Assembly on 1 July 1968 and came into force on 5 March 1970. The text of the treaty stated that ‘the proliferation of nuclear weapons would seriously enhance the danger of nuclear war’
What is the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT)
The spread of nuclear weapons, nuclear weapons technology, or fissile material to countries that do not already possess them
What is Nuclear Proliferation
Signed a letter to President Roosevelt urging that he take action in regard to the possibility that the Nazis might be the first to develop an atomic weapon.
Who is Albert Einstein
The location of the first detonation of a nuclear bomb as an act of warfare
Where is Hiroshima
Sometimes known as the World Court or (ICJ)
What is International Court of Justice
Designed to prohibit all nuclear weapons testing, the USA was the first nation to sign this treaty on 24 September 1996, but the US Senate refused to ratify the treaty in 1999
What is the Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty (CTBT)
Principle of deterrence founded on the notion that a nuclear attack by one superpower would be met with an overwhelming nuclear counterattack such that both the attacker and the defender would be annihilated.
What is Mutual Assured Destruction
Key players at the The Potsdam Conference, 17 July–2 August 1945
British Prime Minister Winston Churchill, US President Harry Truman and Soviet dictator Joseph Stalin
The location of US test Bravo
Where are Marshall Islands
Creator of the Doomsday clock (FAS)
What is the Federation of American Scientists
An agreement between the United States and Soviet to cease construction of a national anti-ballistic missile system to limit the development and deployment of defensive missiles.
What is the Treaty on the Limitation of Anti-Ballistic Missile Systems (ABM Treaty)
The symbol that represents the likelihood of a man-made global catastrophe
What is the Doomsday Clock
Lead scientist at Los Alamos
Who is Robert Oppenheimer
The location of the British test site in South Australia
Where is Maralinga
A non-governmental environmental organisation that peaceful protested in the Pacific region
What is Greenpeace
The Strategic Arms Limitation Talks (SALT) that began in 1968 led to the creation of this treaty
What is the Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty (ABM)
The process in nuclear physics in which the nucleus of an atom splits into two or more smaller nuclei
What is Nuclear fission
The person who first spelt out the doctrine of Mutually Assured Destruction (MAD) (1962).
Who is Defence Secretary Robert McNamara
The Pacific island that experienced violent protest and rioting due to French nuclear testing in the region
Where is Tahiti
Australia's primary authority on radiation protection and nuclear safety
The Australian Radiation Protection and Nuclear Safety Agency (ARPANSA)
The Agreement obligates India and Pakistan to refrain from undertaking, encouraging, or participating in actions aimed at causing destruction or damage to nuclear installations or facilities in each country.
What is the India-Pakistan Non-Attack Agreement