International Approaches to Securing Radioactive Sources Against Terrorism

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Wood, W. Duncan (Editor), Robinson, Derek M. (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands, 2009.
• Series: NATO Science for Peace and Security Series C: Environmental Security,
• Subjects: Environment.; Public health.; Emergency medicine.; Private international law.; Conflict of laws.; International law.; Comparative law.; Radiation protection.; Radiation > Safety measures.; Pollution prevention.; Effects of Radiation/Radiation Protection.; Private International Law, International & Foreign Law, Comparative Law.; Emergency Services.; Public Health.; Industrial Pollution Prevention.

As a result of arms control efforts over the past 50 years, nuclear material is subject to strict national controls and tough international treaties. But there are still almost no controls, other than a voluntary International Atomic Energy Agency code of conduct, on the sorts of radiological source...

Table of Contents:

• Executive Summary
• Executive Summary Of Discussions
• Security of Radioactive Sources
• A Historical Perspective And Recent Developments
• High Consequence Radioactive Terrorism Scenarios
• High-Consequence Radioactive Terrorism Scenarios – Russia
• High Consequence Radiological Terrorism Scenarios – U.N
• Radiological And Nuclear Terrorism
• Coordinating Responses to Radioactive Terrorism
• Keeping The Terrorist Tragedies Of Yesterday From Becoming The Terrorist Catastrophies Of Tomorrow
• Future Security of Radioactive Sources
• Lessons Learned, Weak Points And Future Improvements
• Protecting Major Public Events Against Nuclear Radiological Terrorism
• Securing Radioactive Sources Against Terrorism In Georgia
• Uncorking the Bottlenecks
• Breaking Down Barriers To Cooperation Between Governments, Civil Society And Business.