International Approaches to Securing Radioactive Sources Against Terrorism

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Wood, W. Duncan. (Editor), Robinson, Derek M. (Editor)
• Format: Electronic
• Language: English
• Published: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands, 2009.
• Series: NATO Science for Peace and Security Series C: Environmental Security,
• Subjects: Environmental sciences.; Emergency medicine.; Comparative law.; Environmental protection.; Environmental pollution.; Environment.; Effects of Radiation/Radiation Protection.; International & Foreign Law/Comparative Law.; Emergency Services.; Public Health/Gesundheitswesen.; Industrial Pollution Prevention.
• Online Access: https://ezaccess.library.uitm.edu.my/login?url=http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4020-9272-5

As a result of arms control efforts over the past 50 years, nuclear material is subject to strict national controls and tough international treaties. But there are still almost no controls, other than a voluntary International Atomic Energy Agency code of conduct, on the sorts of radiological source...

Table of Contents:

• From the contents Contributors. Abstract. Foreword. I. Executive Summary
• II. Security of Radioactive Sources
• III. High Consequence Radioactive Terrorism Scenarios
• IV. Coordinating Responses to Radioactive Terrorism
• V. Future Security of Radioactive Sources
• VI. Uncorking the Bottlenecks
• APPENDLX I. Searching for Hidden Radioactive Sources  Experience from Exercises in Poland. Letter from US State Department in Support of the Workshop Initiative. Letter from Baroness Thatcher in Support of the Workshop Initiative
• APPENDIX II - Background Papers from International Approaches to Nuclear & Radiological Security Conference 2002 (IANRS)
• Chairmans Summary. Trends in Illicit Trafficking: Working Group. Trends in Radiological Security: Working Group. Russian Academy of Sciences & International Cooperation. VECTOR and International Cooperation. Baroness Thatcher address. MPC&A Site Map.