nuclear program
State atomic development
A nuclear program is a country's organized effort to develop nuclear technology, whether for energy production or weapons capability.
The term often carries geopolitical weight, appearing in discussions of arms control and international tensions: Iran's nuclear program has been subject to international inspections.
Context usually clarifies whether the program is civilian, military, or ambiguously both.
- reactorControlled fission apparatus
- fissionNuclear breakup releasing energy
- TehranIran's capital city
- warheadsExplosive missile components
- uranium enrichmentRaising fissile isotope proportion
ballistic missiles · mushroom cloud · weapons inspectors · red line · chain reactions · fusion · isotopes · cooling systems · radiation shielding · radiotherapy · cancer treatment · dual use · yellowcake · plutonium · PET scans · medical imaging · radiopharmaceuticals · foreign policy
- North KoreaPyongyang, Kim Jong Un, Kim Jong-un, Kim Jong Il, Kim Jong-il
- KoreaSeoul, Korea, Busan, Incheon, South Korea
- IsraelIsrael, Jerusalem, Tel Aviv, Haifa, Hebrew
- PakistanIslamabad, Karachi, Punjab, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Balochistan
- Korean PeninsulaKorean War, Pyongyang, South Korea, Korean Peninsula, armistice agreement
- Postwar FranceCharles de Gaulle, de Gaulle, Marshall Plan, economic boom, modernization
nuclear programnuclear disarmament
Reducing atomic weapon stockpiles
denuclearization · nonproliferation · nuclear-free zone · nuclear freeze · disarmament treaty