Stockpiles of nuclear warfare material

Name(s): 
Excessive number of nuclear weapons
Nature 
A considerable amount of nuclear warfare material is stockpiled, the amount being in excess of that required to destroy the population of the planet. This stockpiled material might otherwise be available for use in nuclear power reactors to reduce the energy problem.
Incidence 
According to USA Defence Secretary Brown, in 1981 the USA had 9,000 strategic nuclear warheads while the USSR had 7,000.
Broader 
Excess military capacity
Stockpiles of nuclear material
Competitive acquisition of arms
Environmental hazards of nuclear weapons industry
Aggravated by 
Vulnerable nuclear weapons arsenals
Strategy(ies) 
Preventing nuclear proliferation
Negotiating convention for the elimination of nuclear weapons
Securing bomb-grade nuclear material from the former Soviet Union
Preventing movement of weapons-usable nuclear materials to non-nuclear states
Stockpiling nuclear material
Value(s) 
Excess
War
Type 
(E) Emanations of other problems