03059nam 2200697 a 450 991095814170332120251117075357.01-61324-337-5(CKB)2670000000099662(EBL)3019422(SSID)ssj0000521977(PQKBManifestationID)12183248(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000521977(PQKBWorkID)10527391(PQKB)10438831(MiAaPQ)EBC3019422(Au-PeEL)EBL3019422(CaPaEBR)ebr10670987(OCoLC)739712851(BIP)27775188(EXLCZ)99267000000009966220091028d2010 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrDetection of nuclear weapons and materials /Pietro Egidi, editor1st ed.New York Nova Science Publishersc20101 online resource (167 p.)Weapons of mass destructionDescription based upon print version of record.1-60741-512-7 Includes bibliographical references and index.Combating nuclear smuggling : DHS's Phase 3 Test Report on advanced portal monitors does not fully disclose the limitations of the test results / Government Accountability Office -- Detection of nuclear weapons and materials : science, technologies, observations / Jonathan Medalia -- The global nuclear detection architecture : issues for Congress / Dana A. Shea -- Nuclear detection : preliminary observations on the domestic nuclear detection office's efforts to develop a global nuclear detection architecture / Government Accountability Office.Detection of nuclear weapons and special nuclear material (SNM) is crucial to thwarting nuclear proliferation and terrorism and to securing weapons and materials world-wide. This book emphasizes the ongoing improvement in detection capabilities which produce uncertainties for terrorists that will increase over time.Weapons of mass destruction series.Radioactive substancesDetectionNuclear weaponsNuclear terrorismUnited StatesPreventionRadiation warning systemsNuclear nonproliferationGovernment policyUnited StatesNuclear arms controlVerificationSmugglingPreventionRadioactive substancesDetection.Nuclear weapons.Nuclear terrorismPrevention.Radiation warning systems.Nuclear nonproliferationGovernment policyNuclear arms controlVerification.SmugglingPrevention.363.325/563Egidi Pietro454126MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910958141703321Detection of nuclear weapons and materials4475185UNINA