Understanding and managing risk in security systems for the DOE nuclear weapons complex : abbreviated version / Committee on Risk-Based Approaches for Securing the DOE Nuclear Weapons Complex, Nuclear and Radiation Studies Board, Division on Earth and Life Studies, National Research Council of the National Academies.

A nuclear weapon or a significant quantity of special nuclear material (SNM) would be of great value to a terrorist or other adversary. It might have particular value if acquired from a U.S. facility--in addition to acquiring a highly destructive tool, the adversary would demonstrate an inability of...

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Corporate Author: National Research Council (U.S.). Committee on Risk-Based Approaches for Securing the DOE Nuclear Weapons Complex
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Washington, D.C. : National Academies Press, 2011.
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