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In the 1980s, during the rule of Nicolae Ceauşescu, Romania had a secret program intended to develop nuclear weapons, violating its ratification of the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty from 1970.〔(Tracking Nuclear ProliferationRomania ) at ''PBS'', May 2, 2005〕 The program was dismantled after the Romanian Revolution and currently, Romania is considered free of weapons of mass destruction, using nuclear power just for civilian purposes.〔 ==Nuclear program== While Romania had a nuclear research program since 1949, for the first decades, it focused on the usage of radioactive isotopes in medicine and industry. The military program was started in 1978, together with the program for the first power plant. The WMD research program (''Programul Dunărea'' - Danube Program) was conducted at the Măgurele Nuclear Research Institute, under the strict supervision of the Securitate.〔("'Baietelul' lui Ceausescu, mort in fasa" ), ''Evenimentul Zilei'', 10 December 2002〕 According to Mihai Bălănescu, the former director of the research institute, the program had three departments: one which dealt with the development of nuclear weapons, one for the development of medium-range missiles and a third which dealt with chemical and biological weapons.〔 The defection of Securitate general Ion Mihai Pacepa was, according to Lucia Hossu Longin, at least in part related to the order given to him by Ceauşescu, to obtain the technology for a certain element needed in the development of nuclear weapons.〔("Pacepa a fugit din ţară pentru că Ceauşescu l-a obligat să obţină un element pentru fabricarea bombei atomice, spune L. Hossu Longin" ), ''Realitatea TV'', July 5, 2009〕 In July 1989, the Hungarian Foreign Minister Gyula Horn accused Romania of posing ''military threats'' to Hungary, through its nuclear program and a medium-range missiles development program. Horn claimed that high-level Romanian officials announced that Romania is capable of building such weapons, but the Romanian Government denied such claims.〔(Hungary Accuses Rumania of Military Threats" ), ''The New York Times'', July 11, 1989〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Romania and weapons of mass destruction」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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