We should remember, however, that the weapons techniques can be developed also without power stations. No one of recognized nuclear-weapon States began with nuclear power. They began with weapons. Indeed, even if all the some 430 nuclear power plants in the world were closed, it would not make weapons development impossible. The road we must go is rather to create such conditions that countries do not feel any security need for nuclear weapons.
Mutuality is of importance.
A country can renounce nuclear weapons if potential adversaries also renounce them and effective verification gives confidence that no cheating occurs. It is easier to abstain from these weapons if you do it together with others in the same region. It is also easier if the five nuclear-weapon States reduce their arsenals through nuclear disarmament and if they stop testing new weapons. There is no competition between these treaties. Most Latin American States are parties to both.