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Lecture 17: Nuclear Terrorism

Ludmila Zaitseva

Internet Research Materials:

  • Nuclear Terrorism, by the Nuclear Control Institute, Washington D.C.
  • Combating the Threat of Nuclear Terrorism, International Atomic Energy Agency
  • Nuclear Terrorism Section, Institute for Science and International Security
  • International Physicians for the Prevention of Nuclear War
  • Russia: Fissile Material Production and Disposition
  • Какой договор СНВ-3 отвечал бы интересам России?
  • Questions for Seminar Discussions:

    • TBA (to be announced)

    Key terms:

    WMD (Weapons of Mass Destruction)

    CBW (Chemical and Biological Weapons)

    START treaties

    HEU (Highly-Enriched Uranium) Radioactive vs. weapons-usable material

    Gun-type device vs. implosion bomb

    “Loose” nukes

    A “dirty bomb”

    Goiania incident, Brazil, 1987

    Spent fuel ponds

    Fuel rods

     

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