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For a week following the original PBS broadcast of "Dirty Bomb," Dr.
Charles Ferguson, an expert on radiological and nuclear terrorism at
the Center for Nonproliferation Studies, answered questions e-mailed
to NOVA concerning the dirty bomb threat. Below, we welcome you to
peruse his considered and thought-provoking responses to a wide
variety of questions. Please note: We are no longer accepting
questions for this feature.
Responses
Q&As: 3/5/03
Q&As: 3/3/03
Q&As: 2/28/03
Q&As: 2/26/03
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Dr. Charles Ferguson is scientist-in-residence in the Washington,
D.C. office of the Center for Nonproliferation Studies. (CNS is part
of the Monterey Institute of International Studies, a graduate
school based in Monterey, California.) Ferguson's areas of expertise
include radiological and nuclear terrorism, ballistic missiles,
strategic arms control, nuclear reactor safety, and loose nuclear
materials. He is coauthor, with Tahseen Kazi, and Judith Perera, of
Commercial Radioactive Sources: Surveying the Security Risks,
a Monterey Institute Occasional Paper available on the Web at
www.cns.miis.edu/pubs/
opapers/op11/index.htm.
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