TERRORISM AND THE DIFFUSION OF NUCLEAR POWER

• NCJ Number: 41040
• Author(s): M C HUTCHINSON
• Date Published: 1976
• Length: 20 pages
• Publication Format: Document
• Language: English
• Country: Canada
• Note: PREPARED FOR DELIVERY TO THE 17TH ANNUAL CONVENTION OF THE INTERNATIONAL STUDIES ASSOCIATION, TORONTO, CANADA, FEBRUARY 25-29, 1976

Annotation

PAPER DISCUSSES THE RAMIFICATIONS OF TERRORISTS OBTAINING NUCLEAR WEAPONRY AND SABOTAGING NUCLEAR FACILITIES.

Abstract

THE VULNERABILITY OF NUCLEAR POWER TO TERRORIST MISUSE PRESENTS A GROWING PROBLEM FOR LAW ENFORCEMENT. SECURITY AT SOME ATOMIC ENERGY COMMISSION PLANTS HAS BEEN FOUND TO BE WEAK AND INEFFECTIVE. THE SPREAD OF KNOWLEDGE ON NUCLEAR POWER HAS ALSO BEEN A PROBLEM. NUCLEAR VIOLENCE WOULD HAVE TO BE WELL-ORGANIZED IN ADVANCE; THE COST OF BUILDING A BOMB IS EXPENSIVE. TO WARD OFF NUCLEAR TERRORISM, THE AUTHOR SUGGESTS THAT ADVANCE PUBLICITY BE GIVEN TO THE GRIEVANCES OF REVOLUTIONARY AND RADICAL GROUPS. NUCLEAR TERRORIST THREATS, IN ANY EVENT, MUST BE HANDLED MORE SERIOUSLY THAN OTHERS, INCLUDING YIELDING TO DEMANDS....BDS