Feb 8, 2007
Nuclear terrorism risk seen growing
Posted by Ole Peter Galaasen in categories: existential risks, nuclear weapons
Two new reports on global security conclude with a growing risk for nuclear terrorism Reuters report today.
The EastWest Institute and Chatham House, the two think-tanks behind the reports, cite that more states are pursuing their own nuclear ambitions and that the materials and engineering effort for a bomb “have all become commodities, more or less available to those determined enough to acquire them”.
The vulnerability of nuclear power plants are mentioned. This is highly relevant considering all the new power plants under planning or construction. Read about the planned terrorist attack on a nuclear power plant in Australia, “Australia nuclear plant plot trial opens in Paris”, Reuters.
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