Wednesday, February 20, 2013

Dangers of loose nukes

We've just published an important piece by former ambassador Kenneth C. Brill and the FMWG on the dangers of loose nukes. I hope you find it of interest.

How to safeguard loose nukes:
 http://www.thebulletin.org/web-edition/columnists/fissile-materials-working-group/how-to-safeguard-loose-nukes

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Janice Sinclaire
Internet Outreach Coordinator

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1 comment:

Anonymous said...

damn thing is kinda heavy. remember steel-toed shoes and pinch points. maybe a work authorization plan and daily work planning.

probably can't find qualified workers, so the idea of a qa plan is mooted.

should probably practice detonation once or twice in a test area before attempting deployment.

Chinese military IT cyber-hacker team probably has a copy of the blueprints.

2/20/2013 6:55 PM

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