Links
Terrorism Questions and Answers
www.terrorismanswers.com/weapons/dirtybomb.html
The Council on Foreign Relations offers an exhaustive collection
of materials on chemical, biological, radiological, and nuclear
terrorism. The site's information on dirty bombs is authoritative
and easy to understand.
Federation of American Scientists (FAS)
www.fas.org/terrorism/index.html
The FAS Web site maintains a constantly updated cache of pages on
terrorism, which include information on radiological terrorism.
You'll find basic information on radiological materials, the full
text of FAS President Dr. Henry Kelly's recent testimony on dirty
bombs and nuclear terrorism before the Senate Foreign Relations
Committee, and much more.
International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
www.iaea.org
For accurate information on controlling radioactive sources that
is updated almost daily, visit the IAEA's Web site. The site's
content is well organized and well written.
Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC)
www.nrc.gov
Find out what steps the U.S. Government is taking to protect its
citizens against radioactive materials, in terms of terrorist
attacks, radioactive waste, and lost materials.
Center for Nonproliferation Studies (CNS)
cns.miis.edu
You may find significantly more than you were looking for, but
the CNS at the Monterey Institute for International Studies
maintains scores of databases on nearly every event related to
loose radiological material. These databases might prove
particularly useful for a researcher with specific
interests.
Books
One Point Safe
by Andrew and Leslie Cockburn. New York:
Anchor Press, 1997.
Veteran journalists Andrew and Leslie Cockburn plunder the vaults
of the American National Security Council and the Russian Ministry
of Defense to reveal the true story of widespread nuclear
smuggling throughout the world. Their gripping narrative weaves
classified documents and the personal stories of the men and women
on the front lines of these events.
The Spread of Nuclear Weapons: A Debate Renewed
by
Scott D. Sagan and Kenneth N. Walz. New York: W.W. Norton, 2002.
In their concise and engaging new book, this pair of
professor/authors comments on the new threat of nuclear war and
nuclear terrorism, continuing the well-known Cold War dialogue and
updating it for the present climate of novice nuclear states like
India and Pakistan and unsecured nuclear assets in the former
Soviet Union and elsewhere.
Avoiding Nuclear Anarchy: Containing the Threat of Loose Russian
Nuclear Weapons and Fissile Material
by Graham T. Allison, ed. Cambridge: MIT Press, 1998.
Assistant Secretary of Defense in the first Clinton
administration, Graham Allison (see
Preparing for Terrorism) and three colleagues at Harvard's Kennedy School of Government
examine the danger of "loose nukes" in Russia today and propose
realistic and practical solutions.
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