Mona Dreicer is with Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Livermore, CA. Arian Pregenzer retired in 2011 from Sandia National Laboratories, Albuquerque, NM.
Am J Public Health. 2014 Apr;104(4):591-5. doi: 10.2105/AJPH.2013.301665. Epub 2014 Feb 13.
Reducing the risks of nuclear war, limiting the spread of nuclear weapons, and reducing global nuclear weapons stockpiles are key national and international security goals. They are pursued through a variety of international arms control, nonproliferation, and counterterrorism treaties and agreements. These legally binding and political commitments, together with the institutional infrastructure that supports them, work to establish global norms of behavior and have limited the spread of weapons of mass destruction. Beyond the primary security objectives, reducing the likelihood of the use of nuclear weapons, preventing environmental releases of radioactive material, increasing the availability of safe and secure nuclear technology for peaceful purposes, and providing scientific data relevant to predicting and managing the consequences of natural or human-caused disasters worldwide provide significant benefits to global public health.
降低核战争风险、限制核武器扩散、减少全球核武器库存，是国家和国际安全的关键目标。这些目标是通过各种国际军控、防扩散和反恐条约及协定来实现的。这些具有法律约束力和政治承诺的条约及协定，以及支持这些条约及协定的体制基础设施，有助于确立全球行为规范，并限制大规模杀伤性武器的扩散。除了主要的安全目标外，降低核武器使用的可能性、防止放射性物质的环境释放、增加安全可靠的核技术在和平目的方面的应用，以及提供与预测和管理全球自然或人为灾害后果相关的科学数据，也会给全球公共健康带来巨大益处。
