Research Catalog

Title

Nuclear terrorism / Richard Baker, editor.

Publication

New York : Novinka Books, c2002.

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Additional Authors

• Baker, Richard
• Behrens, Carl E.
• Lee, Rensselaer W., 1937-2018
• Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service
• Medalia, Jonathan E.

Description

64 p.; 21 cm.

Summary

Many believe that terrorists could cause more deaths and destruction with nuclear weapons than by any other means. The United States and the world community have tried for decades to avoid that specter through the Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty of 1970, the Nuclear Nonproliferation Act of 1978 (P.L. 95-242), the Nunn-Lugar Cooperative Threat Reduction Program, and many other measures. Many have called the attention to the problem; websites with current resources include the Nuclear Control Institute, the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, and the center for Nonproliferation Studies. In the wake of the September 11 attack, the nuclear threat has taken a new urgency. This book addresses potential terrorist capabilities.

Subject

• Nuclear power plants > Security measures
• Nuclear terrorism > Prevention
• Sabotage > United States > Prevention
• Smuggling

Note

• Essays previously published; 2 by Congressional Research Service.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

Nuclear terrorism / Jonathan Medalia. -- Nuclear smuggling and international terrorism: issues and options for U.S. policy / Rensselaer Lee. -- Nuclear powerplants: vulnerability to terrorist attack / Carl E. Behrens.

ISBN

1590335899

OCLC

51812526

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library