Securing U.S. Radioactive Sources

Issues in Science and Technology

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 67-73

  Ferguson, Charles D ^a,b   Lubenau, Joel O ^c  

^a Monterey Inst of Intl Studies ^*

^b MONTEREY INSTITUTE OF INTERNATIONAL STUDIES   (United States)

^c U S NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONTAMINATION; LIFE CYCLE; NUCLEAR REACTOR LICENSING; RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT MANAGEMENT; RISK ASSESSMENT;

RADIOLOGICAL DISPERSAL DEVICES (RDD); RADIOLOGICAL TERRORISM;

RADIOACTIVE MATERIALS;

EID: 0344584318     PISSN: 07485492     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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2. DOE/NRC Interagency Working Group on Radiological Dispersal Devices, Radiological Dispersal Devices: An Initial Study to Identify Radioactive Materials of Greatest Concern and Approaches to Their Tracking, Tagging, and Disposition, Report to the Nuclear Regulatory Commission and the Secretary of Energy, May 2003.
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