U.S. nuclear weapons complex
Subtitle: homeland security opportunities
Publisher: Project on Government Oversight
Published: 2005
Place of publication: [Washington, D.C.]
Language: eng
Subjects: Nuclear facilities; Security measures; Nuclear weapons; Safety measures; National security; United States. Department of Energy; United States
Other titles: United States nuclear weapons complex
Description: As internal tests and analyses have shown, the Department of Energy cannot adequately protect America's voluminous stockpile of weapons grade nuclear material, which is housed at 13 locations throughout the country. In the post-9/11 era, we know that suicidal terrorists are capable of massive attacks -- the worst possible scenario would be terrorists penetrating a nuclear facility and building an improvised nuclear bomb, which could have a similar force of the Hiroshima blast.
Notes: "May 2005."

Title taken from title screen (viewed June 10, 2005).

Includes bibliographical references and appendices.

Mode of access: World Wide Web.

System requirements: Adobe Acrobat Reader.
Table of contents: title: Executive summary; title: The threat of a nuclear detonation in the United States: improvised nuclear devices; title: Secretary Abraham's initiatives; title: The history of consolidation: report after report makes the case; title: Final disposition of special nuclear materials; title: Cost savings through consolidation; title: Sites that should be de-inventoried immediately; title: Sites with inadequate security standards; title: On-site consolidation opportunities; title: Unused secure storage sites; title: Facilities that should ultimately be de-inventoried.