Preparing for Terrorism Involving Radioactive Materials: Three Lessons from Recent Experience and Research

Experts now see the risk of terrorism involving radioactive materials as significant and growing. Indeed, there have already been terrorist threats to use radioactive materials and suspected plots to launch attacks. As efforts are made to improve preparedness for this deve- loping challenge, it will...

Full description

Saved in:
Bibliographic Details
Published in:Journal of applied security research 2008-12, Vol.4 (1-2), p.9-20
Main Author: Becker, Steven M.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Disaster
emergency management
nuclear incident
radiological incident
terrorism
Citations: Items that this one cites
Items that cite this one
Online Access:Get full text
Tags: Add Tag
No Tags, Be the first to tag this record!
Description
Summary:Experts now see the risk of terrorism involving radioactive materials as significant and growing. Indeed, there have already been terrorist threats to use radioactive materials and suspected plots to launch attacks. As efforts are made to improve preparedness for this deve- loping challenge, it will be important to learn as much as possible from recent experience with real-world radioactive materials emergencies and from recent research on people's views, reactions, and concerns regarding potential radiological/nuclear terrorism situations. This article highlights three of the most important lessons that have emerged from the growing body of research and experience.
ISSN:1936-1610
1936-1629
DOI:10.1080/19361610802209865