The Potential Criminal Adversaries of Nuclear Programs: A Portrait,

Abstract

This paper examines the possibility that terrorists or other kinds of criminals might attempt to seize or sabotage a nuclear facility, steal nuclear material, or carry out other criminal activities in the nuclear domain which has created special problems for the security of nuclear programs. This paper analyzes the potential threat. Our tasks was to describe the potential criminal adversary, or rather the spectrum of potential adversaries who conceivably might carry out malevolent criminal actions against nuclear programs and facilities. We were concerned with both the motivations as well as the material and operational capabilities likely to be displayed by various categories of potential nuclear adversaries.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jul 01, 1980
Accession Number
ADA100021

Entities

People

  • Brian Michael Jenkins

Organizations

  • RAND Corporation

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Counter IED
  • Counter WMD
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Crime
  • Criminals
  • Explosives
  • Government (Foreign)
  • Governments
  • Materials
  • Motivation
  • Nuclear Energy
  • Nuclear Materials
  • Nuclear Weapons
  • Personnel Management
  • Sabotage
  • Security
  • Terrorists
  • Threats
  • United States
  • Weapons

Readers

  • Strategic Security Studies
  • Systems Analysis and Design