Project reports

The project has produced a number of reports and working papers:

Research reports

Nick Ritchie (2023). Irreversibility and Nuclear Disarmament: Unmaking Nuclear Weapon Complexes. York IND Research Report#1. (PDF , 1,879kb)

An updated version was published as: Nick Ritchie. (2023). Irreversibility and Nuclear Disarmament: Unmaking Nuclear Weapon Complexes. Journal for Peace and Nuclear Disarmament, 6(2), 218–243.

Andy Stirling and Phil Johnstone (2024). Illuminating the ‘UK Nuclear Complex’: Implications of Hidden Links between Military and Civil Nuclear Activities for Replacing Negative with Positive Irreversibilities around Nuclear Technologies. York IND Research Report#2. (PDF , 3,810kb)

Nick Ritchie and John Walker (2024). Denuclearising the RAF: Lessons for Irreversible Nuclear Disarmament. York IND Research Report#3. (PDF , 911kb)

Nick Ritchie (2024). Mapping the UK Nuclear Weapons Complex and Maximising the Irreversibility of a Nuclear Disarmament Process. York IND Research Report#4. (PDF , 10,001kb)

Working papers

Joelien Pretorius (2023). Staying the course: Lessons from South Africa for irreversibility of nuclear disarmament. York IND Working Paper#1. (PDF , 1,327kb)

Nick Ritchie (2023). Conditional Reversibility as a Condition of Irreversibility: The Case of the US and the End of Nuclear Testing. York IND Working Paper#2. (PDF , 1,540kb)

Mikhail Kupriyanov (2023). Prohibition Treaties and Irreversibility. York IND Working Paper#3. (PDF , 561kb)

Jim Tegnelia (2024). Disarmament and Reversibility: A Case Study of the Denuclearisation of the United States Army. York IND Working Paper#4. (PDF , 1,839kb)

Patrick O’Sullivan (2024). Irreversibility Considerations in the Decommissioning of Fissile Material Production Facilities for Nuclear Weapons: Marcoule and Pierrelatte. York IND Working Paper#5. (PDF , 1,476kb)

Nick Ritchie (2024). Researching the Decline of Large Socio-Technical Systems using Science and Technology Studies tools. York IND Working Paper#6. (PDF , 2,434kb)

Special edition of the Journal for Peace and Nuclear Disarmament published by Nagasaki University on ‘Irreversibility in Global Nuclear Politics’:

Hassan Elbahtimy (2023). Approaching Irreversibility in Global Nuclear Politics. Journal for Peace and Nuclear Disarmament, 6(2), 199–217.

Nick Ritchie. (2023). Irreversibility and Nuclear Disarmament: Unmaking Nuclear Weapon Complexes. Journal for Peace and Nuclear Disarmament, 6(2), 218–243.

Joseph Rodgers & Heather Williams. (2023). The Irreversibility Paradox: What Makes for Enduring Arms Control and Disarmament. Journal for Peace and Nuclear Disarmament, 6(2), 244–262.

Hassan Elbahtimy & Ross Peel (2023). Nuclear Weapons Production Complexes in a Disarmed World. Journal for Peace and Nuclear Disarmament, 6(2), 263–291.

Alberto Muti, Grant Christopher & Noel Stott (2023). The Role of Verification in Supporting Irreversible Nuclear Disarmament. Journal for Peace and Nuclear Disarmament, 6(2), 292–302.

Thomas Hajnoczi (2023). Legal Reflections on the Irreversibility of Nuclear Disarmament. Journal for Peace and Nuclear Disarmament, 6(2), 303–309.