The role of the CTBTO is to detect any atomic explosion on the planet. It also has the mission of convincing States to renounce nuclear testing. The implementation of a good communication strategy is a major challenge. For a communication strategy to be relevant, it must be based on a good analysis of the situation the objectives that can be set, the desired results and impact and the possible...
Seismic monitoring is one of the most common monitoring regimes used and the biggest network at CTBTO, with a total of 50 primary and 120 auxiliary stations. This is due to the more understandable nature of interaction between the seismic waves and the heterogeneous earth's subsurface. Data obtained from the primary and auxiliary seismic stations across the globe is automatically processed by...
Recent upgrades to the seismic network in Jamaica has significantly improved the country’s capacity for seismic monitoring and scientific research. The network now includes 13 broadband sensors, 12 short period seismometers and 42 strong motion accelerographs installed across the island. Devastating historical events including the infamous 1692 and 1907 earthquakes underscores the need for...
This presentation gives examples on how a National Data Centre (NDC) can automatically detect seismic events data obtained in near real time from the IMS through the SeedLink service available on the Global Communications Infrastructure (GCI), using the seismic analysis software NETDET that is part of the SEISAN package. We also show how to integrate the GCI data with locally collected data...
Since the different seismological stations of the CTBT have been successfully developed and installed around the world, a set of experiences has been accumulated that have been used to build a better management system, inside and outside the CTBT. This knowledge base has been used at the national level of each country, where personnel and operators are part of the scientific and seismological...
Since 2014, University of British Columbia professors Allen Sens and Matt Yedlin have taught the transdisciplinary course, “Nuclear Weapons and Arms Control” to a mixed cohort of engineering and political science undergraduates. A thousand students in total have experienced our flipped classroom model which integrates science and policy content, with a particular focus on the CTBTO. The course...
At face value, Indonesia seems promising for women interested in working in nuclear security, peace negotiations, and non-proliferation. Women make up about 40% of total employees in related governmental institutions and in academia. However, diplomacy, nuclear security, and non-proliferation are perceived as prominent "masculine" activities. In addition, the belief that each field is mutually...
In 1999, Jordan signed the Facility Agreement to establish and upgrade the seismic auxiliary monitoring station hosted in Jordan to implement the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty (CTBT). Jordan signed the treaty on 26 September 1996 and ratified it on 25 August 1998. Since the Jordan National Data Centre (NDC) was established in 2004 and started receiving data from International...
Current international diplomacy cannot secure a state’s support of the CTBT without the internal citizen-based support of the Treaty. In most regime types, the citizen masses are often vital to influencing government decisions. For instance, in the late 1960s, anti-nuclear testing groups were instrumental in bringing the issue of nuclear disarmament to national elections. Alongside...
The Pelindaba Treaty which aims to create a nuclear weapon-free zone in Africa entered into force in July 2009. The African Commission on Nuclear Energy was created for the implementation of the treaty’s provisions and to develop nuclear sciences and techniques. In this context it also consists of political statements of many African countries aiming to embark on nuclear power programs and...
Nuclear testing has had devastating effects on cultures, histories, and populations worldwide. The disproportionate impacts on marginalized populations within nuclear armed states are largely excluded from mainstream narratives, which instead justify nuclear proliferation through propagandizing themes of scientific progress, military prowess, and political prestige.
The project aims to...
Capacity building is fundamental for strengthening the CTBT verification regime. The Commission is supporting the States Signatories in providing means to develop capabilities to actively participate in the CTBT verification regime. The donation and installation of IT equipment, the so-called Capacity Building System (CBS), at National Data Centres (NDC) of States Signatories is a significant...
Despite not signing the CTBT, Islamabad actively contributed to negotiations that led to the Treaty’s finalization at the Conference on Disarmament, and considers CTBT as the “primary mechanism for ending nuclear weapons testing.” However, outreach efforts face headwinds due to Islamabad’s heightened skepticism of India, its nuclear-armed neighbor, and what it sees as New Delhi’s limited...
Since 2002, when Bolivian International Monitoring System (IMS) stations (IS08, LPAZ, and SIV) began transmitting data, the Bolivian National Data Centre (NDC) has made an effort to effectively participate in the verification regime of the Treaty using IMS stations and NDC in a box programs for integrating data acquisition, processing and analysis. Thanks to the different trainings of CTBTO,...
Jordan's foreign policy continues to open up to the countries of the world and international organizations, interact with them, exchange experiences, and cooperate in various fields to develop the capabilities of the Jordanian state and provide the best services to Jordanians at home and around the world.
Jordan deposited its instrument of ratification of the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban...
After more than 20 years of its opening for signature, CTBT is facing ever-decreasing attention from the younger generation according to my observation while I have been teaching some related courses in my university, Bejing Language & Culture University, China, for more than ten years. Therefore, it’s very necessary to make more efforts to educate the young people to raise their awareness and...
The new National Data Center (NDC) Capacity Building Training cycle on the access and analysis of International Monitoring System (IMS) radionuclide data was launched in 2022 based on the collected feedback during the previous trainings and meetings. The Capacity Building and Training (CBT) Section with cooperation with software application took the initiative to design and draft the program...
We propose the creation of a pilot, scalable, university-accredited online course, with both asynchronous content and synchronous workshops, to better educate students worldwide on the CTBTO’s mandate and nuclear non-proliferation, repurposable in other contexts. The themes of the course would include the historical and political context of nuclear weapons and arms control, the technical...
In 2012, thanks to synchronous work between CTBTO and FACEN - UNA (Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales de la Universidad Nacional de Asunción), the National Data Center of Paraguay (NDCpy) was set up and inaugurated in the FACEN seismology laboratory. In this first stage, it had a server and a PC. Our two stations (CPUP and IS41) and the primary seismic CTBTO stations in South America are...
Individuals with disabilities remain significantly underrepresented in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) fields. Recent data from the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), reports that roughly 20% of all undergraduates within the United States report having one or more disabilities. Among the initial undergraduates that self-reported as having a disability,...
Ghana is steadily progressing towards the accomplishment of her Nuclear Power Program. The Nuclear Regulatory Authority was established by Act 895, 2015 to provide for the regulation and management of activities and practices for the peaceful use of nuclear material and provide for safety environmental protection and of persons against the harmful effects of radiation hazards. Ghana ratified...
Although the CTBTO has primary and auxiliary seismic stations in the International Monitoring System (IMS), it may be interesting to include local stations for the NDCs, but these stations must comply with the quality parameters imposed by the IMS. The stations of this proposal are those managed by the CNS-UASD network (PCDR, SMDR, MCDR and SODR) that belong to the Dominican Republic (DR) and...
The study aims to understand how the government and media are reshaping nuclear discourse in India. An attempt is made to recognize the shift of discourse from theory to praxis. The study tries to understand how the rise of nationalist populism enhances the nuclear dangers and sees how the very idea of responsible and non-responsible nuclear states distinction is flawed. It will try to look at...
Mali signed the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty on February 18, 1997 then ratified it on August 4, 1999. In 2005 and within the framework of the activities of the International Monitoring System (IMS), the CTBTO implemented a National Data Centre (NDC) at the Direction Nationale de la Géologie et des Mines (DNGM) of Mali with partners such as the Malian Radiation Protection Agency...
OVSICORI is the institute in charge of earthquake and volcanoes monitoring in Costa Rica. As with other countries in Central America we have limited economical resources. Due to important government investment on 2010 we chose Antelope by BRTT as our main monitoring computational system. Antelope worked great for us at the beginning but in the following years we found out that most of the...
The PS26 is the first internationally recognized seismic station in Niger. The field study for the site installation was conducted in November and December 2001.
The PS26 station is located southwest of Niamey, near the town of Torodi. This region is part of the West African craton, composed of sedimentary belts of Birimian green rocks and granitic terraces of the late Archean or Neoarchean...
Myanmar is situated in a tectonically complex area. However, up-to-date instrumentation and communication infrastructure limit earthquake monitoring and research activities. In 2008, two broadband stations financed by China's Earthquake Administration were installed. With government funding, we set up 3 broadband stations in 2010. The Myanmar National Seismic Network code MM underwent a...
With the first articles published in late October 2022, and more in press, Seismica is becoming a free and open venue for the seismological community to publish results from the entire spectrum of seismological research and applications. Our mission is to publish original, novel, peer-reviewed research in the fields of seismology, earthquakes, and related disciplines. Seismica is a...
Strategic communication is important to create public awareness in every country about the devastating impacts caused by the use of nuclear weapons to eliminate the presence of nuclear weapons across the globe. Every community, nation, and region has some historical backgrounds and indigenous traditions that must be kept in mind while designing and selecting the mediums for public outreach...
Under the financial support of the Norwegian Center NORSAR provided in 2020-2022 within the joint project, the Kazakhstan National Data Centre (KNDC) upgraded its hard- and software in support of the CTBTO tasks implementation. A new state of the art equipment was installed at the centre in Almaty. A fail-safe information system was created to ensure the following:
- acquisition and storage...
As part of nuclear non-proliferation and disarmament measure by the UN General Assembly, the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty (CTBT) was adopted to prohibit nuclear test explosions and any other nuclear explosions in all environments (in the atmosphere, oceans, and underground). Thus, ultimately to enhance international peace and security. The International Data Centre (IDC) offers...
While the spectre of nuclear war still haunts Europe in the light of the Russia-Ukraine conflict, the role of the CTBTO in this conflict is not clearly defined in the media in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA). This hypothesis is based on observations and content analyses where few articles are dedicated to CTBTO. In my paper, if accepted, I will present the image of the CTBTO: how it is...
Even though the CTBT has not entered into force yet due to the inability of the remaining Annex II States to ratify it, its contributions to global peace and security has been acknowledged as important, particularly in the significant reduction of global nuclear weapons tests. A key hindrance to the global efforts towards the entry into force of the treaty thereby pushing it close to...
To monitor compliance with the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty (CTBT), a verication regime is designed to detect any nuclear explosions conducted anywhere –underground, under water or in the atmosphere. In this poster, we will focus on the Libyan contribution to the main component of the verification regime as the progress in the installation of the International Monitoring System (IMS)...
Solomon Islands is located on an active zone of seismic activities where Indo-Australian Plate subducts beneath the Pacific Plate at a rate of approximately 95mm/yr towards the north-west. Solomon Islands is a double chained of islands that lies between Papua New Guinea in the North West and Vanuatu in the south-east.
The purpose of this paper is to present the distribution of the potential...
