Containing the Threat from Illegal Bombings - An Integrated National Strategy for Marking, Tagging, Rendering Inert, and Licensing Explosives and Their Precursors (Paperback, New)

In response to the rising concern of the American public over illegal bombings, the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms asked the National Research Council to examine possible mechanisms for reducing this threat. The committee examined four approaches to reducing the bombing threat: addition of detection markers to explosives for pre-blast detection, addition of identification taggants to explosives for post-blast identification of bombers, possible means to render common explosive materials inert, and placing controls on explosives and their precursors. The book makes several recommendations to reduce the number of criminal bombings in this country. Table of Contents Front Matter Executive Summary 1 Introduction 2 Improving the Capability to Detect Explosives 3 Taggants for Preblast and Postblast Identification of Explosives 4 Rendering Explosive Materials Inert 5 Limiting Criminal Access to Explosives and Precursor Chemicals Bibliography Appendix A Appendix B Appendix C Appendix D Appendix E Appendix F Appendix G Appendix H Appendix I Appendix J Appendix K Appendix L Appendix M Appendix N Appendix O

General

Imprint:	National Academies Press
Country of origin:	United States
Release date:	June 1998
First published:	June 1998
Authors:	National Research Council • Division on Engineering and Physical Sciences • Commission on Physical Sciences, Mathematics, and Applications • Committee on Marking, Rendering Inert, and Licensing of Explosive Materials
Dimensions:	229 x 152 x 25mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	384
Edition:	New
ISBN-13:	978-0-309-06126-1
Categories:	Books > Professional & Technical > Biochemical engineering > General Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Social issues > General Books > Professional & Technical > Energy technology & engineering > Fossil fuel technologies > General
LSN:	0-309-06126-1
Barcode:	9780309061261

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