Nuclear terrorism
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- Use of nuclear weapons against a civilian target
- Use of a radiological weapon or dirty bomb against a civilian target
- An attack against a nuclear power plant
The threat of marginalized terrorist organizations using nuclear weapons (especially very small ones, such as suitcase nukes) has been a threat in American rhetoric and culture since at least the 1970s.
In June 2002, U.S. citizen Jose Padilla was arrested for allegedly planning a radiological attack on the city of Washington, D.C.; Padilla is currently (as of 2006) under military arrest as an "illegal combatant".
In August 2002, the United States launched a program to track and secure enriched uranium from 24 Soviet-style reactors in 16 countries, in order to reduce the risk of the materials falling into the hands of terrorists or "rogue states". The first such operation was Project Vinca, an operation in Serbia "to remove a quantity of highly enriched uranium, sufficient to produce 2-1/2 nuclear weapons from a research reactor near downtown Belgrade" [link].
In order to reduce the danger of attacks using nuclear waste material, European Union Commissioner Loyola de Palacio suggested in November 2002 the creation of common standards in the European Union, especially in the new member states operating Soviet-era reactors, for subterranean nuclear waste disposal.
On August 9, 2005 Ayatollah Ali Khamenei issued a fatwa forbidding the production, stockpiling and use of nuclear weapons. The full text of the fatwa was released in an official statement at the meeting of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) in Vienna. [link]
Atomic Bombings of Hiroshima and Nakasaki
The Atomic bombings of hiroshima and nagasaki are considered to be acts of nuclear terrorism (specifically, nuclear state terrorism) by some groups.[link][link]
See also
External links
- [New Council on Foreign Relations report outlines ways to reduce the possibility of nuclear terrorism]
- [Article about Nuclear Terrorism written by author William Lambers that appeared in the Miami Herald (FL) and the Charleston Sunday Gazette-Mail]
- [Use of nuclear and radiological weapons by terrorists? Article in the International Review of the Red Cross]
- [Nuclear Files. org] Information and articles relating to nuclear terrorism and its prevention
- [Defusing nuclear terror]
- [Nuclear plant sabotage and terrorism] Three Mile Island Alert identifies security incidents and issues
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