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Negotiating the draft Radiological Weapons Convention

Adelphi Series, 2016
Relations between the United States and Russia today are beset by rivalry in almost every sphere, and mutual suspicion reigns. Both parties have shunned arms-reduction talks and are pursuing nuclear modernisation programmes; a new nuclear arms race looms.
Sarah Bidgood   +2 more
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Weapons of mass destruction: radiological, biological and chemical weapons

2018
Key themes • Weapons of mass destruction (WMDs) are treated as distinct from ‘conventional’ weapons, and their stockpiling and use are particularly controversial. • WMDs are divided into four general types: radiological, biological, chemical and nuclear weapons.
David Jordan   +5 more
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Antioxidants as a Bio-shield Against Radiological Weapons

2013
There are two types of radiological weapon, “dirty bomb,” and nuclear weapon (atom bomb). A dirty bomb can be made from one or more commercially available radioactive isotopes and it can be detonated using a conventional explosive, whereas an atom bomb consists of fissionable element, and it requires complex procedures for detonation.
K. Prasad
openaire   +3 more sources

The Army's Commitment to Supporting the Homeland Security Chemical, Biological, Radiological, Nuclear, and High-Yield Explosive Weapon Terrorist Threat: Can the Reserve Components Meet the Requirement by Themselves?

open access: closed, 2001
: The United States Government has identified of highest priority the development of effective capabilities for preventing and managing the consequences of terrorists use of chemical, biological, radiological, nuclear and high-yield explosive (CBRNE ...
Donnie P. Anderson
openalex   +2 more sources

Use of nuclear and radiological weapons by terrorists? [PDF]

open access: possibleInternational Review of the Red Cross, 2005
AbstractThere is great concern that terrorists could obtain nuclear or radiological weapons and detonate them in a large city. The authors analyse the technical requirements for and obstacles to obtaining such weapons. What difficulties would have to be surmounted? Could these problems be solved by a terrorist organization without direct support from a
Emmanuel Egger, Christoph Wirz
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Radiological impact assessment of nuclear weapon depots in Valley Rwagh, Libya

, 2017
Activity levels of the natural (238U, 232Th, 226Ra, and 40K) and artificial (137Cs) radionuclides in surface soil samples collected from different areas of Libya, especially the southern and central provinces, including Valley Rwagh, which is in a ...
M. Elnimr   +6 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

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