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      Terrorism and maritime shipment of nuclear material

      Smith, Ron C.
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       10.1179/174651007X265051
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      Smith, R.C. (2007). Terrorism and maritime shipment of nuclear material. Packaging, Transport, Storage & Security of Radioactive Materials, 18(4), 207-214.
      Permanent Research Commons link: https://hdl.handle.net/10289/976
      Abstract
      Opponents of the nuclear industry often claim that material in transit is vulnerable to attack by

      terrorist groups who might seek to take the cargo and make a bomb, or otherwise cause a

      radiological incident. This paper lays out a range of conceivable objectives or attack scenarios in

      the context of maritime transportation and examines these in the light of what is known of the

      relevant security arrangements. It concludes that these arrangements provide a very substantial

      deterrent to any attempt at diversion or sabotage and that any such attempt would have little

      prospect of success, beyond the immediate media impact of whatever might have occurred.
      Date
      2007
      Type
      Journal Article
      Publisher
      W. S. Maney & Son Ltd
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      This article has been published in the journal: Packaging, Transport, Storage & Security of Radioactive Materials. © W. S. Maney & Son Ltd 2007.
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