Before the first bomb goes off
Subtitle: developing nuclear attribution standards and policies
By: by Debra K. Decker
Contributors: Allison, Graham T.; Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs
Series: Belfer Center discussion paper series -- no. 2011-03; Belfer Center discussion paper series
Publisher: Harvard Kennedy School, Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs
Published: 2011
Place of publication: Cambridge, MA
Language: eng
Number of pages: 82
Subjects: Nuclear weapons; Identification; International cooperation; Nuclear terrorism; Prevention; Nuclear activation analysis; Forensic Chemistry; Forensic sciences
Other titles: International Security Program
Description: Nuclear forensics and attribution are the new 'deterrence' concepts against illicit use of fissile material. Although the science is being developed, the required systems of policies and processes have not been fully analyzed. This paper attempts to show how nuclear attribution can advance from theory to practice by establishing multilaterally coordinated policies and procedures and by replicating systems that have worked in other disciplines.
Notes: April 2011.

Foreword by Graham Allison.

Includes bibliographical references.