The NL dataset provides information on the global diffusion of latent nuclear capabilities from 1939 to 2012. It identifies all known uranium enrichment and plutonium reprocessing facilities that have been built globally during the nuclear age.
nl_1.2_df
An object of class tbl_df (inherits from tbl, data.frame) with 253 rows and 20 columns.
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Fuhrmann, Matthew and Benjamin Tkach. 2015. "Almost Nuclear: Introducing the Nuclear Latency Dataset." Conflict Management and Peace Science 32 (4): 443-461.
nl_1.2_df#> # A tibble: 253 x 20 #> country_name ccode facility_name facility_ambigu… enr_type size #> <chr> <dbl> <chr> <lgl> <chr> <chr> #> 1 Algeria 615 Hot cell fac… FALSE reproce… labo… #> 2 Argentina 160 Ezeiza – SF … FALSE reproce… labo… #> 3 Argentina 160 Ezeiza II – … NA reproce… pilot #> 4 Argentina 160 Pilcaniyeu E… FALSE gaseous… pilot #> 5 Argentina 160 Pilcaniyeu E… NA gaseous… pilot #> 6 Australia 900 Lucas Heights FALSE centrif… labo… #> 7 Australia 900 Silex Laser … FALSE laser labo… #> 8 Belgium 211 Mol, Purex R… FALSE reproce… pilot #> 9 Brazil 140 Aerospace Te… FALSE laser labo… #> 10 Brazil 140 BRF Enrichme… FALSE centrif… pilot #> # … with 243 more rows, and 14 more variables: construction_start <dbl>, #> # construction_end <dbl>, operation_start <dbl>, operation_end <dbl>, #> # operation2_start <dbl>, operation2_end <dbl>, covert <lgl>, iaea <lgl>, #> # regional <lgl>, military <lgl>, military_ambiguity <lgl>, #> # multinational <lgl>, foreign_assistance <lgl>, #> # foreign_assistance_ambiguity <lgl>#> Observations: 253 #> Variables: 20 #> $ country_name <chr> "Algeria", "Argentina", "Argentina", "Ar… #> $ ccode <dbl> 615, 160, 160, 160, 160, 900, 900, 211, … #> $ facility_name <chr> "Hot cell facility at Ain Oussera", "Eze… #> $ facility_ambiguity <lgl> FALSE, FALSE, NA, FALSE, NA, FALSE, FALS… #> $ enr_type <chr> "reprocessing", "reprocessing", "reproce… #> $ size <chr> "laboratory", "laboratory", "pilot", "pi… #> $ construction_start <dbl> 1986, 1968, 1978, 1979, 2000, 1965, 1982… #> $ construction_end <dbl> 1992, 1968, 1990, 1987, NA, 1972, 1992, … #> $ operation_start <dbl> 1992, 1968, NA, 1987, NA, 1972, 1992, 19… #> $ operation_end <dbl> NA, 1973, NA, 1994, NA, 1983, 2007, 1974… #> $ operation2_start <dbl> NA, NA, NA, NA, NA, NA, NA, NA, NA, NA, … #> $ operation2_end <dbl> NA, NA, NA, NA, NA, NA, NA, NA, NA, NA, … #> $ covert <lgl> TRUE, FALSE, FALSE, TRUE, FALSE, FALSE, … #> $ iaea <lgl> TRUE, FALSE, FALSE, FALSE, TRUE, TRUE, T… #> $ regional <lgl> FALSE, FALSE, FALSE, FALSE, FALSE, FALSE… #> $ military <lgl> FALSE, FALSE, FALSE, TRUE, FALSE, FALSE,… #> $ military_ambiguity <lgl> TRUE, TRUE, FALSE, FALSE, FALSE, TRUE, F… #> $ multinational <lgl> FALSE, FALSE, FALSE, FALSE, FALSE, FALSE… #> $ foreign_assistance <lgl> TRUE, FALSE, FALSE, FALSE, FALSE, FALSE,… #> $ foreign_assistance_ambiguity <lgl> FALSE, TRUE, TRUE, TRUE, TRUE, FALSE, TR…