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The Global Politics of Combating Nuclear Terrorism - A Supply-Side Approach (Paperback)
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The Global Politics of Combating Nuclear Terrorism - A Supply-Side Approach (Paperback)
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The most difficult challenge for a terrorist organization seeking
to build a nuclear weapon or improvised nuclear device is obtaining
fissile material, either plutonium or highly enriched uranium
(HEU). Experts acknowledge that obtaining HEU, uranium that has
been processed to increase the proportion of the U-235 isotope to
over 20%, is the most difficult challenge facing a state or
non-state actor seeking to build a nuclear explosive. The large
stocks of HEU in civilian use, many not adequately protected, are
thus one of the greatest security risks facing the global community
at present. This book contains chapters examining the various uses
for this material and possible alternatives; the threat posed by
this material; the economic, political and strategic obstacles to
international efforts to end the use of HEU for commercial and
research purposes; as well as new national and international
measures that should be taken to further the elimination of HEU.
This book was published as a special issue of The Nonproliferation
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