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Nuclear terrorism, July 2002

This POSTnote outlines possible forms of nuclear terrorism attack such as: Detonation of a nuclear weapon; attacks involving radioactive materials and attacks on nuclear facilities. Legislation addressing these risks and the UK’s strategy for coping with them are also considered.

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Type
Research briefing
Reference
POST-PN-179 
Subjects
Nuclear weapons Terrorism
Published by
POST
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