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Atoms for Peace and the Problems with Civilian Nuclear Assistance | Nuclear Proliferation Explained

In 1953, President Dwight D. Eisenhower proposed the "Atoms for Peace" plan at the United Nations. The United States, and later other countries, would provide assistance with civilian nuclear technology if recipients would promise not to build nuclear weapons. As U.S. policymakers were acutely aware, there is an inherent challenge in such a trade. The technology used to build nuclear weapons is very similar to the technology used for peaceful purposes. Thus, increasing a state's civilian capacity would make it easier for that state to proliferate. This lecture explains why Atoms for Peace programs were implemented anyway. Theories include Cold War friendships, intelligence gathering, manipulation of opportunity costs, and brain drain. All photos from the IAEA are licensed under CC BY-SA 2.0: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/...