Author : James L. Ford
Release : 1997
Genre : National security
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Controlling Threats to Nuclear Security - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Controlling Threats to Nuclear Security write by James L. Ford. This book was released on 1997. Controlling Threats to Nuclear Security available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. The collapse of the Soviet Union, although providing a host of welcome opportunities for people of that nation, also exacerbated a number of transnational concerns just as serious as those that emanated from the bipolar hostility of the previous 50 years. Among these challenges is the marked increase in the theft of and illegal trafficking in nuclear materials, often referred to as nuclear smuggling. Prior to the early 1990s, nuclear smuggling generally involved small quantities of bogus materials or, at most, nuclear-associated materials that posed no serious danger to security. Recently, however, several disturbing incidents involving kilogram quantities of sensitive nuclear materials suitable for constructing bombs have occurred. No one doubts that hostile groups could conceivably bring weapons-usable nuclear material into the United States. Moreover, nuclear smuggling represents a possible shortcut for states such as Iran seeking plutonium or highly enriched uranium for their weapons program. The consequences of such states succeeding would be profound.