Toward a Comprehensive Safeguards System: Keeping Fissile Materials out of Terrorists' Hands Academic Article

abstract

• The nexus of terrorism and nuclear weapons is todays greatest security concern. The importance of keeping fissile materials out of the hands of terrorists is now generally accepted. The difficulty of doing so is not. Lack of appreciation, especially for the technical difficulties, is hampering our ability to build a comprehensive safeguards system and prevent nuclear terrorism.

authors

• Hecker, Siegfried

published proceedings

• The Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science

altmetric score

• 3

author list (cited authors)

• Hecker, S. S.

citation count

• 5

publication date

• September 2006

publisher

• SAGE Publications  Publisher

keywords

• 16 Peace, Justice And Strong Institutions

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

• 10.1177/0002716206290273

start page

• 121

end page

• 132

volume

• 607

issue

• 1

URL

• http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0002716206290273