Response to nuclear and radiological terrorism

This book presents the results of the workshop Response to Nuclear and Radiological Terrorism, organized by the NATO Center of Excellence - Defence Against Terrorism (COE-DAT) in Ankara, Turkey, January 2010, under the sponsorship of the Science for Peace and Security Programme. This international w...

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Other Authors: Voica, Dan-Radu, Kibaroglu, Mustafa
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Amsterdam, The Netherlands IOS Press 2011
Series:NATO science for peace and security series. E, Human and societal dynamics v.82
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Table of Contents:
  • Introduction
  • Improvised nuclear attacks
  • An overview of Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMD) proliferation
  • Nuclear terrorism in the 21st century
  • NATO's response to the threat of nuclear terrorism
  • Assessing radiological weapons: attack methods and estimated effects
  • Strategic response to nuclear/radiological terrorist attacks
  • The prevention of CBRN terrorism
  • How to face a radiological attack by dirty bomb
  • Assessment of radiological risks and possible ecological and economic damage from large-scale natural and man-induced catastrophes in ecology-hazard regions of Central Asia and Causasus
  • TACIS: working together for nuclear safety and against nuclear terrorism
  • Future concepts in defence against nuclear/radiological terrorism