Preventing the importation of illicit nuclear materials in shipping containers

Risk Analysis

Volumn 26, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 1377-1393

  Wein, Lawrence M ^a   Wilkins, Alex H ^b   Baveja, Manas ^b   Flynn, Stephen E ^c  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Stanford University   (United States)

^c Women and US Foreign Policy Program   (United States)

Author keywords

Game theory; Nuclear weapons; Port security; Queueing theory

Indexed keywords

FREIGHT TRANSPORTATION; GAME THEORY; INSPECTION; QUEUEING THEORY; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK MANAGEMENT;

NUCLEAR WEAPONS; PORT SECURITY;

NUCLEAR MATERIALS SAFEGUARDS;

PLUTONIUM;

CARGO CONTAINER; CARGO HANDLING; IMPORT; NUCLEAR WEAPON; PLUTONIUM; SECURITY; SHIPPING; SMUGGLING; URANIUM;

ARTICLE; ATOMIC BOMB; BUDGET; CERTIFICATION; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CONTAINER; COST; GAMMA RADIATION; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MANAGEMENT; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; NEUTRON; NUCLEAR INDUSTRY; POLICY; PREVENTION; PROBABILITY; RELIABILITY; SHIPPING; UNITED STATES;

NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33750162923     PISSN: 02724332     EISSN: 15396924     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1539-6924.2006.00817.x     Document Type: Article

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