NPT

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abbreviation

1. nonproliferation treaty: specifically the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons.

n.p.t.

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Or npt

abbreviation

1. normal pressure and temperature.

Example Sentences

During the Cold War, the NPT provided mechanisms, for the West at least, to restrain the spread of nuclear technology—America’s strategy of “extended deterrence” offered its nuclear umbrella to allies, thus presenting a tacit counterproliferation strategy.

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This still requires approval, but if it passes Iran would be one step away from exiting the nuclear non-Proliferation Treaty, the NPT – as hardliners supporting the supreme leader push for Iran's breakout to build a bomb.

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“We have worked for many years to demonstrate to the world that we are committed to the NPT and are willing to work within its framework, but unfortunately, this treaty has not been able to protect us or our nuclear program,” Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi said in an interview with Qatari news outlet Al Araby Al Jadeed this week.

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Pyongyang pulled out of the NPT in 2003, justifying its move because of fears the U.S. was planning a preemptive attack; it conducted its first nuclear weapons test three years later.

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The American and Soviet officials who drafted the NPT half a century ago lured other countries to sign not only by allowing them to harness nuclear energy but by assisting them to do so; the treaty guaranteed them the necessary technology, as part of a program called “Atoms for Peace.”

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