International law

BBC - Brown invites international inspectors into Sellafield

Date: 
19 March, 2010
Source: 
http://news.bbc.co.uk

BBC news source
International inspectors are to be allowed into the Sellafield nuclear plant for the first time as part of a global push for nuclear security.

UN: Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons (NPT)

Date: 
3 August, 2009
Source: 
http://www.un.org/disarmament/WMD/Nuclear/NPT.shtml

The NPT is a landmark international treaty whose objective is to prevent the spread of nuclear weapons and weapons technology, to promote cooperation in the peaceful uses of nuclear energy and to f

UN: Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban Treaty (CTBT)

Date: 
3 August, 2009
Source: 
http://www.un.org/disarmament/WMD/Nuclear/CTBT.shtml

Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty (CTBT)
 

Guardian: US using British atomic weapons factory for its nuclear programme

Date: 
9 February, 2009
Source: 
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2009/feb/09/us-uk-atomic-weapons-nuclear-power

• Joint warhead research carried out at Aldermaston • Work breaches nuclear treaty, campaigners warn
 
By Matthew Taylor and Richard Norton-Taylor