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Analysis of Threats to the Physical Protection of Nuclear Facilities and Sites
Analysis of Threats to the Physical Protection of Nuclear Facilities and Sites

Author(s): Ekaterina Bogomilova
Subject(s): Politics / Political Sciences, Politics, Security and defense, Peace and Conflict Studies
Published by: Университет за национално и световно стопанство (УНСС)
Keywords: physical protection; nuclear insider threat analysis; nuclear disaster

Summary/Abstract: The modern trends in threats to international security, such as the nuclear arms race, terrorist threats through improvised explosive devices with radioactive materials, cyber-threats against hi-tech production and operating security systems, the 2011 earthquake with a 9.0 magnitude on the Richter scale which caused a tsunami, which in turn led to the Fukushima nuclear disaster, have drawn attention to the various dimensions and degrees of the physical vulnerability of nuclear sites and facilities.

  • Issue Year: 2019
  • Issue No: 1
  • Page Range: 253-264
  • Page Count: 12
  • Language: English