Illicit nuclear trafficking
Subtitle: collective experience and the way forward : proceedings of an international conference on illicit nuclear trafficking ...
By: organized by the International Atomic Energy Agency in cooperation with the European Police Office ... hosted by the government of the United Kingdom and held in Edinburgh, 19-22 November 2007.
Contributors: International Atomic Energy Agency.; Europol.
Series: Proceedings series; Proceedings series (International Atomic Energy Agency)
Publisher: International Atomic Energy Agency
Published: 2008
Place of publication: Vienna
Language: eng
Number of pages: 866
ISBN-13: 9789201034083
Subjects: Nuclear industry -- Safety measures -- Congresses; Illegal arms transfers -- Congresses; Nuclear nonproliferation -- Congresses; Security, International -- Congresses
Genres: Congresses
Description: This publication presents the proceedings of the first international conference to specifically address the illicit trafficking of nuclear and radioactive material. The principal aim of the conference was to examine the threat and context of such illicit trafficking and assess the results of activities in place to combat such trafficking. Participants also discussed what additional actions may be required and how the obligations and commitments of the binding and non-binding international instruments could be, and are being, implemented by various states. Illicit nuclear trafficking remains an international concern, with repercussions for human life, health, property and the environment, and the conference concluded that efforts should be made to establish effective systems, both technical and administrative, to control the movement of nuclear and other radioactive materials, and to prevent and detect their uncontrolled and unauthorized trafficking. The proceedings constitute a record of the conference and include a summary of the conference, the collected papers, the findings of the conference by the President, and a record of the conference discussions.--Publisher's description.
Notes: "STI/PUB/1316"

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Table of contents: title: Opening session; title: Illicit trafficking and nuclear terrorism (session 1); title: International instruments and their implementation (session 2); title: International initiatives and national efforts to establish capabilities (session 3); title: Establishing capabilities to detect illicit trafficking (session 4); title: Response to the detection of criminal or unauthorized movement of radioactive material (session 5); title: International initiatives and national efforts to establish capabilities (session 6); title: New technologies (session 7); title: Poster sessions; title: The way forward; title: Concluding session.