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| Publisher | : DIANE Publishing |
| Total Pages | : 182 |
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| ISBN | : 9781422320792 |
| Author | : Jonathan Medalia |
| Publisher | : |
| Total Pages | : 106 |
| Release | : 2015-02-16 |
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| ISBN | : 9781297050978 |
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| Author | : United States. Congress. House. Committee on Homeland Security. Subcommittee on the Prevention of Nuclear and Biological Attack |
| Publisher | : |
| Total Pages | : 108 |
| Release | : 2007 |
| Genre | : Political Science |
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| Author | : |
| Publisher | : DIANE Publishing |
| Total Pages | : 194 |
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| ISBN | : 9781422320808 |
| Author | : Gary Phillips |
| Publisher | : CreateSpace |
| Total Pages | : 72 |
| Release | : 2012-06-25 |
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| ISBN | : 9781478131076 |
Terrorist use of radioactive nuclear materials is a serious threat for mass destruction or disruption of civil and military activities. Most worrisome is the use of nuclear devices to cause massive casualties to people and damage to structures. Fortunately, the procurement of adequate material and the engineering design, construction, and transportation and triggering of a nuclear weapon are all difficult problems for terrorist organizations. More likely is a device that combines radioactive materials with conventional explosives to make a radiological dispersion device, commonly called a "dirty bomb". The procurement of nuclear materials for this purpose, the construction of the bomb and its use are all easier than for a nuclear weapon. Fortunately, the effects from the use of a radiological weapon would be much smaller than from a nuclear device, although they could still be very disruptive. Thus, it is important to detect the transport of nuclear weapons and radiological dispersion devices and the materials for their construction. These materials emit gamma rays or neutrons, which can be detected to show the presence and amounts of such materials.
| Author | : United States. Congress. Joint Committee on Atomic Energy |
| Publisher | : |
| Total Pages | : 490 |
| Release | : 1960 |
| Genre | : Disarmament |
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| Author | : United States. Congress. Joint Committee on Atomic Energy. Special Subcommittee on Radiation |
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| Total Pages | : 986 |
| Release | : 1960 |
| Genre | : Disarmament |
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Considers technical problems of a nuclear weapons test ban, including the type of research and development programs necessary for a workable system of detection and inspection.
| Author | : United States. Congress |
| Publisher | : Createspace Independent Publishing Platform |
| Total Pages | : 106 |
| Release | : 2018-01-26 |
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| ISBN | : 9781984218025 |
Detecting nuclear weapons and radiological materials : how effective is available technology? : joint hearing before the Subcommittee on Prevention of Nuclear and Biological Attack with the Subcommittee on Emergency Preparedness, and Science, and Technology of the Committee on Homeland Security, House of Representatives, One Hundred Ninth Congress, first session, June 21, 2005.
| Author | : Samuel Apikyan |
| Publisher | : Springer Science & Business Media |
| Total Pages | : 303 |
| Release | : 2007-12-14 |
| Genre | : Technology & Engineering |
| ISBN | : 1402066589 |
Stemming from the NATO Advanced Research Workshop, this book asserts that no single institution or country possesses all the resources to effectively address radiological and nuclear threats. Moreover, the book asserts that fundamental scientific challenges must be overcome to achieve new and improved technologies. In response, the book sets forth research strategies that advance the ability to counter nuclear and radiological threats.
| Author | : Congressional Research Service: The Libr |
| Publisher | : BiblioGov |
| Total Pages | : 106 |
| Release | : 2013-10 |
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| ISBN | : 9781295023080 |
Detection of nuclear weapons and special nuclear material (SNM, certain types of uranium and plutonium) is crucial to thwarting nuclear proliferation and terrorism and to securing weapons and materials worldwide. Congress has funded a portfolio of detection R&D and acquisition programs, and has mandated inspection at foreign ports of all U.S.-bound cargo containers using two types of detection equipment. Nuclear weapons contain SNM, which produces unique or suspect signatures that can be detected. It emits radiation, notably gamma rays (high-energy photons) and neutrons. SNM is very dense, so it produces a bright image on a radiograph (a picture like a medical x-ray) when x- rays or gamma rays are beamed through a container in which it is hidden. Using lead or other shielding to attenuate gamma rays would make this image larger. Nuclear weapons produce detectable signatures, such as radiation generated by or a noticeable image on a radiograph. Other detection techniques are also available. Nine technologies illustrate the detection portfolio: (1) A new scintillator material to improve detector performance and lower cost. (2) GADRAS, an application using multiple algorithms to determine the materials in a container by analyzing gamma-ray spectra. If materials are the eyes and ears of detectors, ...
