ABSTRACT
The Nuclear Non-Proliferation Act of 1978, enacted in the United States in 1978, is briefly analysed and its implications for the control of certain technical nuclear activities are discussed. The analysis sketches the ideal characteristics for world use of nuclear power implied in the act. The legislation and its findings, policy and purposes are reviewed and the principal parts of the act are described with attention to incentives for other countries to adhere to US non-proliferation concepts: controls over US nuclear exports and their use, international ventures, and the provision of alternatives for nuclear power. Other recent legislation affecting US non-proliferation measures is then summarized, and the analysis concludes with a discussion of the implication of the concepts of the act for the control of nuclear technical activities examined by the SIPRI symposium.
