Uninventing the bomb?*

Based on a presentation to the MEDACT conference Nuclear Weapons in the Millennium, London, 11 November 1995.

Abstract

This paper reviews the problem of the abolition of nuclear weapons from the viewpoints of: their roles as products of, and components in, technological systems; the social preconditions underpinning them; and the demands they place on tacit (rather than explicit) knowledge.

Key Words:

• Nuclear‐weapon‐free world
• Technological systems
• Tritium
• Societal verification
• Tacit knowledge

Notes

Based on a presentation to the MEDACT conference Nuclear Weapons in the Millennium, London, 11 November 1995.