Nuclear Submarine Decontamination

Table Of Contents:

Planetary Emergencies: A Need for New Solutions3Nuclear Submarine Decommissioning: Plans, Problems and Risks13US Chemical Stockpile Disposal Programme: The Search for Alternative Technologies23Chemical Detoxication of Chemical Weapons Applying the Sodium-Technology35Molecular Biology of Prion Propagation and Risks to Public Health from BSE (abstract)49Pathogenesis of Prion Diseases: A Progress Report50Phenotypic Heterogeneity of Hereditary Prion Protein Amyloidoses66The Development of the Viral Concept on Transmissible Spongiform Encephalopathies (TSEs) and Its Application to Issues Concerning Public Health85Modern Medical Technology and latrogenic Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease95Impact and Implications of Yeast and Human Artificial Chromosomes99Development of the Mammalian Nervous System: Use of Gene Disruption and Replacement in the Mouse Model108X-Linked Diseases117Positional Cloning and Gene Therapy of Inherited Diseases123Mammalian Cloning124Transmissible Spongiform Encephalopathy: BSE/CJD – The New Variant CJD (abstract)133European Security After Paris and Madrid: Main Trends and Implications for Russia137Russia-West Uneasy Relationship: XVIII-XXI “”Neither with Hatred nor with Love””152NATO Enlargement: Risks and Chances, a Western View157Model and Historical Approaches to an Estimate of Battlefield Capabilities162A Model of Defence Sufficiency for Estimate of Stability in a Multipolar World168Nuclear Terrorism172Corrosion of Statues and Monuments: Processes and Prospects189Possible Effects of Ozone Pollution on Crop Yields in China194Could Global Warming Bring “”Tropical”” Vectors and Vector-Borne Diseases to Temperate Regions?207Stratospheric Ozone and Climate Change221Land Degradation in Dry Places: How Selective Desertification Produces Creative Destruction227Desertification and Climate Change: Impact on Global Food Security241Impact of Economical Conditions on Desertification253Science and Policy of Global Emergency257Environmental Changes as Seen from Variation in Tree Rings and in the Ozone Layer in Lithuania275Metropolis 1997 – The Buenos Aires Metropolitan Area Environmental Monitoring Network290Mass Extinctions of Species – Climate Changes – Were Dinosaurs Killed by an Asteroid or by Volcanoes?297Problem-Free Nuclear Power and Global Change309Challenge of the 21st Century and Energy Technology317List of Participants319

Special Features:

Nuclear Submarine Decontamination