Stockpiles of nuclear warfare material

A considerable amount of nuclear warfare material is stockpiled, the amount being in excess of that required to destroy the population of the planet. This stockpiled material might otherwise be available for use in nuclear power reactors to reduce the energy problem.

According to USA Defence Secretary Brown, in 1981 the USA had 9,000 strategic nuclear warheads while the USSR had 7,000.

1. Stockpiles of nuclear material
2. Excess military capacity
3. Environmental hazards of nuclear weapons industry
4. Competitive acquisition of arms

1. Vulnerable nuclear weapons arsenals

1. Stockpiling nuclear material
2. Securing bomb-grade nuclear material from the former Soviet Union
3. Preventing nuclear proliferation
4. Preventing movement of weapons-usable nuclear materials to non-nuclear states
5. Negotiating convention for the elimination of nuclear weapons

1. War
2. Excess