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The potential for acts of nuclear terrrorism has come to dominate discourse on nuclear threats, particualry following the attacks of September 11, 2001. This page provides useful resources for understanding the risks and realities of the threat of nuclear terrorism.

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Nuclear terrorism resources  

International Convention For The Suppression of Acts of Nuclear Terrorism, United Nations

2005
   
Books Year
Levi, M., On Nuclear Terrorism, Harvard University Press 2007
Frost, R. Nuclear Terrorism after 9/11 Routledge/International Institute for Strategic Studies, London 2006
Allison, G. Nuclear Terrorism: The Ultimate Preventable Catastrophe, Times Books, New York 2004
Ferguson, C. and Potter, W., The Four Faces of Nuclear Terrorism, Monterey Institute of International Studies, Monterey 2004
Alexander, Y and Hoening, M., Super Terrorism: Biological, Chemical, and Nuclear Transnational Publishers 2001
Lee, Rensselaer W. Smuggling Armageddon: the Nuclear Black Market in the Former Soviet Union and Europe. 1st ed. New York, NY: St. Martin's Press. 1998
Cameron, G., Nuclear Terrorism: A Threat Assessment for the 21st Century Palgrave Macmillan 1999
Leventhal, P. and Alexander, Y. (eds.), Preventing Nuclear Terrorism, Lexington Books, Massachusetts 1987
DeLeon, P and Hoffman, B with Kellen, K and Jenkins, B., The Threat of Nuclear Terrorism: A Reexamination. Santa Monica, CA: Rand Corporation.. 1988
   
Journal articles Year
Pluta A. M., Zimmerman P.D., " Nuclear terrorism: A disheartening dissent", Survival 48 (2): 2006
Glaser A., von Hippel F.N., " Thwarting nuclear terrorism", 
Scientific American, 294 (2)
2006
Bunn M., Wier A., "The seven myths of nuclear terrorism"
Current History, 104 (681
2005
O’Neil, A. “Terrorist Use of Weapons of Mass Destruction: How Serious is the Threat?” Australian Journal of International Affairs, April, vol. 57, no. 1 2003
Maeril, Morten Bremer, Annette Schaper and Frank Barnaby. “The Characteristics of Nuclear Terrorist Weapons”, American Behavioral Scientist, February, vol. 46, no. 6 2003
Lee, Rensselaer. “Nuclear Smuggling: Patterns and Responses”, Parameters, Spring, vol. 33, no.1 2003
Snowden, Lynne L. “How Likely Are Terrorists to Use a Nuclear Strategy?”, American Behavioral Scientist, February, vol. 46, no. 6 2003
Castillo J.J .,. "Nuclear terrorism: Why deterrence still matters", Current History, 102 (668) 2003
Steinhausler, Friedrich. “What It Takes to Become a Nuclear Terrorist”, American Behavioral Scientist, February, vol. 46, no. 6 2003
Ackerman, G. and Snyder, L., "Would they if they could?", Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists, May/June 2002
Wolfsthal, J. B. and Collina, T. Z., "Nuclear terrorism and warhead control in Russia", Survival, vol. 44, no. 2 2002

Quillen, Chris. “Posse Comitatus and Nuclear Terrorism”, Parameters, Spring, vol. 32, no.1

2002
Maerli, Morten Bremer. “Relearning the ABCs: Terrorists and ‘Weapons of Mass Destruction’", Nonproliferation Review, Summer, vol. 7, no. 2. 2000
Cameron G., "Nuclear terrorism reconsidered", 
Current History, 99 (636)
2000
Joyce-Hasham, M., "Nuclear terrorism: a threat assessment of the 21st century", International Affairs, vol. 76, no. 2 2000
Schmid, A. P., "Terrorism and The Use of Weapons and Mass Destruction: From Where the Risk?" Terrorism and Political Violence, vol. 11, no. 4 1999
Kamp, Karl-Heinz. “Nuclear Terrorism is Not the Core Problem”, Survival, Winter, vol. 40, no. 4 1998
Schelling, T. C., "Thinking About Nuclear Terrorism", International Security, vol. 6, no. 4, 1982
   
Reports Year
Fergusion, C., Preventing Catastrophic Nuclear Terrorism,March 2006, Council on Foreign Relations, Washington, D.C. 2006
Behrens, C. and Holt, M., Nuclear Power Plants: Vulnerability to Terrorist Attack, Congressional Research Service, Washington, D.C. 2005
Medalia, J., Terrorist Nuclear Attacks on Seaports: Threat and Response. Congressional Research Service, Washington, D.C. 2005
Daly, S., Parachini, J., Rosenau, W., Aum Shinrikyo, Al Qaeda, and the Kinshasa Reactor: Implications of Three Case Studies for Combating Nuclear Terrorism, Rand Corporation, Santa Monica 2005
Etzioni, A., Pre-empting Nuclear Terrorism in a New Global Order, Foreign Policy Centre, London 2004
Report of the Defense Science Board Task Force on Preventing and Defending Against Clandestine Nuclear Attack, Defense Science Board, Washington, D.C. 2004
Medalia, J., Nuclear Terrorism: A Brief Review of
Threats and Responses,
Congressional Research Service, Washington, D.C.
2004
Kemp, J. (ed.) Current Decisions Report 27: Nuclear Terrorism in Britain: Risks and Realities, Oxford Research Group 2003
Nuclear Terrorism and South Asia. Sandia National Laboratory 2003
Bowman, S., Weapons of Mass Destruction: The Terrorist Threat, Congressional Research Service, Washington, D.C. 2002
Cordesman, A., Defending America: Asymmetric and Terrorist Attacks with Radiological and Nuclear Weapons, Center for Strategic and International Studies, Washington, D.C. 2001
Albright, D., O'Neill, K. and Hinderstein, C. Nuclear Terrorism: The Unthinkable Nightmare, Institute for Science and International Security 2001
Cilluffo, Frank J., Sharon L. Cardash, and Gordon N. Lederman. Combating Chemical, Biological, Radiological, and Nuclear Terrorism: A Comprehensive Strategy: A Report of the CSIS Homeland Defense Project, Center for strategic and International Studies, Washington, D.C. 2001
Webster, W. H., Wild Atom: Nuclear Terrorism, Center for Strategic and International Studies, Washington, D.C. 1998
   
US Congressional hearings Year
Nuclear Security Act of 2005: Senate Report, Senate Committee on Environment and Public
Works, United States Senate, Washington, D.C.
July 2005
Reducing the Threat of Nuclear Terrorism: A Review of the Department of Energy's Global Threat Reduction Initiative, Hearing before the House Committee on Energy and Commerce, United States House of Representatives, Washington, D.C. May 2005
Averting Nuclear Terrorism, Hearing before the House Committee on International Relations, United States House of Representatives, Washington, D.C. April 2005
Dirty Bombs and Basement Nukes: The Terrorist Nuclear Threat, Hearng before the Senate Committee on Foreign Relations, United States Senate, Washington, D.C. 2002
Securing America: The Federal Government's Response to Nuclear Terrorism at Our Nation's Ports and Borders, Hearing before the House Committee on on Energy and Commerce, United States House of Representatives, Washington, D.C. Oct. 2002

Combating Terrorism: Preventing Nuclear Terrorism,
Hearing of the National Security, Veteran Affairs, And International Relations Subcommittee of the
House Government Reform Committee, United States House of Representatives, Washington, D.C.

Sept. 2002
Nuclear Terrorism and Countermeasures, Hearing before the House Committee on National Security, Subcommittee on Military Research and Development, United States House of Representatives, Washington, D.C. 1997/1998
Nuclear Terrorism and Countermeasures, Hearing before the House Committee on National Security, United States House of Representatives, Washington, D.C. 1997

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