Terrorism potential for research reactors compared with power reactors. Nuclear weapons, "dirty bombs" and truck bombs

American Behavioral Scientist

Volumn 46, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 714-726

  Bunn, George ^a   Braun, Chaim ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Dirty bombs; Nuclear weapons; Power reactors; Research reactors; Terrorists; Truck bombs

Indexed keywords

EID: 21144436059     PISSN: 00027642     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0002764202239150     Document Type: Article

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