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Radiological and Nuclear Detection Devices

April 19, 2007

In this 2007 article, Tyson Gustafson assesses the utility of spending billions of dollars to overhaul the current system of radiological and nuclear detection devices in the United States.

Article | Forensics and Attribution, Radiological/Radioactive Materials
The Department of Homeland Security: Goals and Challenges

April 1, 2003

Jennifer Mitchell and Jason Pate discuss the evolution of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security and the challenges it will face in implementing its mandate.

Article | Bio-Preparedness and Response, Preparedness and Response, Chemical, Preparedness and Response, Nuclear, Preparedness and Response, Radiological
Illicit Trafficking in Weapons-Useable Nuclear Material: Still More Questions Than Answers

Dec. 11, 2011

This articles discusses ongoing issues surrounding the illicit trafficking of HEU and plutonium, examining the recent Moldovan case in detail.

Article | Forensics and Attribution, Illicit Nuclear Trade, Nuclear Smuggling and Materials Trafficking
The Four Faces of Nuclear Terrorism

June 1, 2004

A new book from the Center for Nonproliferation Studies (CNS) warns that substandard security at nuclear facilities in Russia, Pakistan, and Central Asia increases the risk of terrorists seizing highly enriched uranium to make crude, but devastating, nuclear explosives. It urges the United States and its international partners to take immediate steps to prevent the most catastrophic forms of nuclear ...

Report | Cooperative Threat Reduction, Nuclear, Highly Enriched Uranium, Nuclear Materials Production, Consolidation, Elimination , Nuclear Safety, Nuclear Smuggling and Materials Trafficking, Plutonium, Preparedness and Response, Nuclear, Preparedness and Response, Radiological, Radiological Dispersal Devices, Responses to Nuclear Terrorism, Sabotage of Nuclear Facilities, Terrorism, Threats of Nuclear Terrorism
Preventing Nuclear Terrorism: Our Highest Priority — Isn't

May 18, 2008

NTI President Charles Curtis spoke to a National Defense University Foundation-sponsored national security seminar in Washington, DC.

Speech | Arms Control, Global Threat Reduction Initiative, Preparedness and Response, Nuclear, Responses to Nuclear Terrorism, Safeguards, Terrorism, Threats of Nuclear Terrorism
Last Best Chance featured on ABC's Nightline.

May 18, 2005

Last Best Chance featured on ABC's Nightline.

Transcript | Arms Control, Highly Enriched Uranium, Nuclear Smuggling and Materials Trafficking, Plutonium, Preparedness and Response, Nuclear, Responses to Nuclear Terrorism, Safeguards, Terrorism, Threats of Nuclear Terrorism
British Defense Ministry Releases List of Nuclear Weapons Accidents

Oct. 14, 2003

The British Defense Ministry has released a list of 20 accidents involving nuclear weapons that occurred from 1960 to 1981, the London Guardian reported yesterday.

GSN Article | Nuclear, Nuclear Weapons Programs, Preparedness and Response, Nuclear
Experts Say U.S. Emergency Response Must Be Well Planned to Minimize Politics

Oct. 21, 2003

WASHINGTON — Areas responding to mass casualty disasters need a prearranged plan and command structure for organizing resources and efforts to meet specific challenges — rather than allowing the politics of competing responders to govern the response, experts said yesterday (see related GSN story, today).

GSN Article | Bio-Preparedness and Response, Preparedness and Response, Chemical, Preparedness and Response, Nuclear, Terrorism
TOPOFF 2 Exercise Illustrated Weaknesses, FEMA Says

Oct. 31, 2003

A report prepared by the U.S. Homeland Security Department’s Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) says that a WMD-response exercise held six months ago demonstrated a lack of information-sharing and uncertainties as to chains of command among U.S. agencies, the Wall Street Journal reported (see GSN, Oct. 21.).

GSN Article | Bio-Preparedness and Response, Preparedness and Response, Chemical, Preparedness and Response, Nuclear, Terrorism
Indian Naval WMD Defense School to Expand

Nov. 12, 2003

The Indian Navy’s NBC (nuclear, biological and chemical) Defense School is preparing to expand to better train Indian military personnel to respond to WMD attacks, the Express News Service reported today.

GSN Article | Bio-Preparedness and Response, Preparedness and Response, Chemical, Preparedness and Response, Nuclear
U.S. Homeland Security Department Institutes New Cargo Rules

Nov. 21, 2003

In an effort to prevent terrorists from bringing weapons of mass destruction into the United States, the U.S. Homeland Security Department yesterday announced new security rules for the trucking, air cargo and railway industries, the Washington Post reported (see GSN, Sept.2).

GSN Article | Bio-Preparedness and Response, Preparedness and Response, Chemical, Preparedness and Response, Nuclear, Preparedness and Response, Radiological
Former U.S. General Predicts Military Takeover if U.S. Suffers a Major WMD Attack

Nov. 21, 2003

The former head of the U.S. Army’s Central Command has said that a military-led government might rule the United States in the event of a WMD attack that causes mass casualties, NewsMax.com reported today (see GSN, Sept 12).

GSN Article | Bio-Preparedness and Response, Preparedness and Response, Chemical, Preparedness and Response, Nuclear

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Radiological and Nuclear Detection Devices

The Department of Homeland Security: Goals and Challenges

Illicit Trafficking in Weapons-Useable Nuclear Material: Still More Questions Than Answers

The Four Faces of Nuclear Terrorism

Preventing Nuclear Terrorism: Our Highest Priority — Isn't

Last Best Chance featured on ABC's Nightline.

British Defense Ministry Releases List of Nuclear Weapons Accidents

Experts Say U.S. Emergency Response Must Be Well Planned to Minimize Politics

TOPOFF 2 Exercise Illustrated Weaknesses, FEMA Says

Indian Naval WMD Defense School to Expand

U.S. Homeland Security Department Institutes New Cargo Rules

Former U.S. General Predicts Military Takeover if U.S. Suffers a Major WMD Attack

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