Toward a comprehensive safeguards system: Keeping fissile materials out of terrorists' hands

Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science

Volumn 607, Issue , 2006, Pages 121-132

  Hecker, Siegfried S ^a,b,c,d,e,f  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^c NATIONAL ACADEMY OF ENGINEERING   (United States)

^d Committee on Counterterrorism Challanges for Russia and the United States ^*

^e NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (United States)

^f Arms Control Nonproliferation Panel

Author keywords

Nuclear weapons; Prevention; Safeguards fissile material; Terrorism

Indexed keywords

EID: 33747509669     PISSN: 00027162     EISSN: 15523349     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0002716206290273     Document Type: Review

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