The Global Politics of Combating Nuclear Terrorism: A Supply-Side Approach

by William C. Potter

The most difficult challenge for a terrorist organization seeking to build a nuclear weapon or improvised nuclear device is obtaining fissile material, either plutonium or highly enriched uranium (HEU). Experts acknowledge that obtaining HEU, uranium that has been processed to increase the proportion of the U-235 isotope to over 20%, is the most difficult challenge facing a state or non-state actor seeking to build a nuclear explosive. The large...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0415853729
• ISBN13: 9780415853729
• Release Date: August 2013
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 200 Pages
• Weight: 0.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 6.8" x 9.6"