xvi, 115 pages : illustrations (digital, PDF file)
Contents
Executive summary. -- Introduction. -- The continuing danger of nuclear theft and terrorism. -- Global nuclear security today. -- Goals for nuclear security at the end of four years. -- Methods for judging progress. -- Progress so far in the four-year nuclear security effort. -- Next steps to secure nuclear stockpiles
Notes
"April 2010."
"Commissioned by the Nuclear Threat Initiative"--Cover
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references
Notes
Incidents around the world make clear that urgent action is needed to improve security for nuclear stockpiles around the world and to keep nuclear weapons and the materials needed to make them out of terrorist hands. Although the Obama administration has made progress toward this goal, much more needs to be done. Today, the world is not yet on track to succeed in achieving effective security for all stockpiles of nuclear weapons and weapons-usable nuclear materials within four years. To meet that objective, the nuclear security summit must be only the first step in a broader campaign to shift the global nuclear security effort onto a faster and broader trajectory
