International Approaches to Securing Radioactive Sources Against Terrorism - NATO Science for Peace and Security Series C: Environmental Security 2009 edition

Marc Notes: Proceedings of the NATO Advanced Workshop on International Approaches to Securing Radioactive Sources Against Terrorism, Woodlands Park, Surrey, UK, 4-6 November 2005.; Avail. in cloth. Table of Contents: Contributors. Abstract. Foreword. I - Executive Summary. Executive Summary of Discussions. II - Security of Radioactive Sources. A Historical Perspective and Recent Developments; A. Gonzalez.- III - High Consequence Radioactive Terrorism Scenarios. High Consequence Radioactive Terrorism Scenarios Russia; Dr. L. Bolshov.- High Consequence Radiological Terrorism Scenarios UN; A. Schmid.- Radiological and Nuclear Terrorism; D. Martin.- IV - Coordinating Responses to Radioactive Terrorism. Keeping the Terrorist Tragedies of Yesterday from Becoming the Terrorist Catastrophies of Tomorrow; J. Hnatio.- V - Future Security of Radioactive Sources. Lessons Learned, Weak Points and Future Improvements; I. Gorinov.- Protecting Major Public Events against Nuclear and Radiological Terrorism; K. Duflschmid.- Securing Radioactive Sources in Georgia; L. Gogua.- VI - Uncorking the Bottlenecks. Breaking down Barriers to Cooperation between Governments, Civil Society and Business; M. McKay.- APPENDIX I. Searching for Hidden Radioactive Sources Experience from Exercises in Poland; G. Smagala.- Letter from US State Department in Support of the Workshop Initiative. Letter from Baroness Thatcher in Support of the Workshop Initiative. APPENDIX II - Background Papers from International Approaches to Nuclear & Radiological Security Conference 2002 (IANRS); J. W. Wood.- Chairman s Summary. Trends in Illicit Trafficking: Working Group. Trends in Radiological Security: Working Group. Russian Academy of Sciences & International Cooperation. VECTOR and International Cooperation. Baroness Thatcher address. MPC&A Site Map."Publisher Marketing: This book covers expert discussions designed to enhance cooperation and assistance between NATO and Partner countries in support of International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) efforts to secure radioactive sources against the threat of terrorism and also to support the security agenda at the International Radiation Protection Association Congress in Buenos Aires in 2008.