The Gobal Politics of Combating Nuclear Terrorism

by WilliamC.Potter (Editor), Cristina Hansell (Editor)

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  Hardcover
  2009

  $150.07

  The difficult challenge for a terrorist organization seeking to build a nuclear weapon or improvised nuclear device is obtaining fissile material, either plutonium or highly enriched uranium (HEU). This book examines the economic, political and strategic obstacles to international efforts to end the use of HEU for commercial and research purposes.