Uranium mining
Digging up the main raw material used in fission nuclear weapons
Uranium enrichment
Converting the material into highly enriched uranium suitable for use
Nuclear reactors
Separating plutonium for use in fusion nuclear weapons
Nuclear weapons and civilian nuclear capacity
The link between civil nuclear capability and nuclear weapons
Nuclear waste
The problem of radioactive waste lasting thousands of generations
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Why support disarmament?
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Dr Kate Dewes on activism
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Nuclear Abolition Day message
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Schoolchildren from Hiroshima
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With more than 200 partner organizations in 60 countries, we provide a voice to the overwhelming majority of people globally who support the prompt abolition of nuclear weapons.
Prominent individuals such as anti-apartheid leader Desmond Tutu, the Dalai Lama and Nobel Peace Prize winner Jody Williams have lent their support to the campaign.
This 8-page booklet provides an overview of ICAN since its inception in 2007. It outlines the direction the campaign is taking following the NPT Review Conference and describes why a Nuclear Weapons Convention is the most realistic path to zero. Download
Towards Nuclear Abolition is an ICAN report of the eighth Non-Proliferation Treaty review conference, held in New York in May 2010. It documents the growing support among nations for the negotiation of a convention to outlaw and eliminate all nuclear weapons. Download
This 20-page booklet describes the nuclear problem and outlines why a Nuclear Weapons Convention is needed. It argues that nuclear weapons are inhumane, make the world less secure, are harmful to the environment and are a waste of money. Download
