Title Commercial radioactive sources : surveying the security risks / Charles D. Ferguson, Tahseen Kazi, Judith Perera

Published Monterey, Calif. : Monterey Institute of International Studies, Center for Nonproliferation Studies, ©2003

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Description 1 online resource (x, 66, [7] pages) : illustrations Series Occasional paper ; no. 11 Occasional paper (Monterey Institute of International Studies. Center for Nonproliferation Studies) ; no. 11. Contents Executive summary -- Introduction: Setting the security and safety context -- Radioactive sources -- Ranking of radioactive sources and radioisotopes by security risk -- Radiological weapons--radiological dispersal devices -- Lifecycle of radioactive sources -- Overview of the radioactive source production and distribution industry -- Regulatory and industry efforts to secure radioactive sources -- Conclusions and recommendations -- append. 1. Probable health effects from exposure to ionizing radiation -- append. 2. Reactors known to produce radioisotopes Bibliography Includes bibliographical references Notes Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL digitized 2010 HathiTrust Digital Library committed to preserve pda MiAaHDL Print version record Subject Nuclear industry -- Security measures Radioactive substances -- Safety measures Nuclear industry -- Security measures Radioactive substances -- Safety measures Genre/Form Online resources. Form Electronic book Author Kazi, Tahseen Bīrīrā, Jūdīth Monterey Institute of International Studies. Center for Nonproliferation Studies.

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