Commercial radioactive sources
Subtitle: surveying the security risks
By: Charles D. Ferguson, Tahseen Kazi, Judith Perera.
Contributors: Kazi, Tahseen; Bīrīrā, Jūdīth.; Monterey Institute of International Studies. Center for Nonproliferation Studies.
Series: Occasional paper ;; no. 11; Occasional paper (Monterey Institute of International Studies. Center for Nonproliferation Studies) ;; no. 11.
Publisher: Monterey Institute of International Studies, Center for Nonproliferation Studies
Published: 2003
Place of publication: Monterey, Calif
Language: eng
Number of pages: 66
Subjects: Nuclear industry -- Security measures.; Radioactive substances -- Safety measures.; Radioisotopes -- Safety measures.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.
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Table of contents: title: Executive summary; title: Introduction: Setting the security and safety context; title: Radioactive sources; title: Ranking of radioactive sources and radioisotopes by security risk; title: Radiological weapons; title: radiological dispersal devices; title: Lifecycle of radioactive sources; title: Overview of the radioactive source production and distribution industry; title: Regulatory and industry efforts to secure radioactive sources; title: Conclusions and recommendations; title: append. 1. Probable health effects from exposure to ionizing radiation; title: append. 2. Reactors known to produce radioisotopes.