The HCSS Nuclear Timeline provides a comprehensive overview of key events in nuclear history. It traces the long legacy of nuclear security threats and policies and puts these developments in a broader context. Events covered span a wide range of fields, including scientific developments, nuclear power, (non-)proliferation efforts and safety and security issues.
This historical overview can help policymakers, researchers, and the general public to better understand the continuing impact of nuclear issues on our world.
The HCSS Datalab presents: Nuclear Timeline
This timeline is made up of five broad categories of events:
- Non-Proliferation & Disarmament; events relating to the non-proliferation of nuclear weapons and technology, the limiting of nuclear testing or weapons development, and nuclear disarmament.
- Nuclear Energy; covering landmark events in the history of civilian nuclear power programs around the world.
- Various; general decade-by-decade summaries and a range of miscellaneous events, such as early nuclear research, and notable (near)accidents.
- Nuclear Security; concerning the history of measures, institutions, technologies, and international agreements ensuring the security and safety of nuclear stocks.
- Proliferation & Threats; tracking the proliferation of nuclear weapons and offering an overview of the various national nuclear weapons programs and landmark nuclear tests.
HCSS Nuclear Timeline Experts
Link to: Davis Ellison
Davis Ellison
Strategic Analyst
HCSSLink to: Tim Sweijs
Tim Sweijs
Director of Research
HCSSLink to: Jesse Kommandeur
Jesse Kommandeur
Datalab Manager
HCSSThis timeline has been a collaborative effort led by the Hague Centre for Strategic Studies. We are heavily indebted to researchers from the Harvard Belfer Center, the Partnership for Global Security, the Department for Nuclear Security at Delft Technical University, and the Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs for their input.
A timeline with such a broad scope is never fully finished. We invite users to share with us any suggestions they may have for further improvement. Please do not hesitate to contact us at info@hcss.nl.
