Toward a Comprehensive Safeguards System: Keeping Fissile Materials out of Terrorists' Hands

Siegfried S. Hecker
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Siegfried S. Hecker: Center for International Security and Cooperation (CISAC) at Stanford University,Los Alamos National Laboratory

The ANNALS of the American Academy of Political and Social Science, 2006, vol. 607, issue 1, 121-132

Abstract: The nexus of terrorism and nuclear weapons is today’s greatest security concern. The importance of keeping fissile materials out of the hands of terrorists is now generally accepted. The difficulty of doing so is not. Lack of appreciation, especially for the technical difficulties, is hampering our ability to build a comprehensive safeguards system and prevent nuclear terrorism.

Keywords: terrorism; nuclear weapons; safeguards fissile material; prevention (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2006
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DOI: 10.1177/0002716206290273

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