Nuclear terrorism – Threat or not?

Pomper, Miles A.; Tarini, Gabrielle

doi:10.1063/1.5009230

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“…REDs emit radiation without spreading radioactive materials. For example, terrorists could hide the radioactive sources in populated locations like railway stations, concert halls, or sports stadiums [12,13].…”

Section: B Radiological Dispersal Devices Radiological Exposure Devmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…In addition to causing distress and panic, there are both short-term and long-term adverse health effects for people located in that area. Also, this mode of nuclear terrorism is the easiest one to be carried out by terrorist organizations, due to the universal presence of the radiological materials and the less technically demanding procedures involved [13].…”

Section: B Radiological Dispersal Devices Radiological Exposure Devmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…In many countries, there is lack of both regulatory and physical security of radiological sources, leading to thousands of missing or stolen radiological sources. Even in the US, a country with strict regulations, one radioactive source is abandoned outside of an institution's accounting system every day [13]. In other words, unneeded (no longer required) radioactive sources are relinquished or deserted by institutions and/or officials because of a lack of awareness of the consequences of their misuse.…”

Section: Deploying Low-enriched Uranium For Civilian Use May Minimentioning

confidence: 99%

“…[13]. The first provable example of this mode of radiological terrorism was the murder of former Russian spy Alexander Litvinenko in 2006 by polonium-210 ingestion.In September 1987, in Goiania, Brazil, scavengers lifted a metal canister containing 1,375 curies of cesium-137 from a radiotherapy machine in an abandoned cancer clinic and eventually gave it to a junkyard.…”

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“…The first provable example of this mode of radiological terrorism was the murder of former Russian spy Alexander Litvinenko in 2006 by polonium-210 ingestion.In September 1987, in Goiania, Brazil, scavengers lifted a metal canister containing 1,375 curies of cesium-137 from a radiotherapy machine in an abandoned cancer clinic and eventually gave it to a junkyard. The junk dealer opened the canister, causing the dispersal of radioactive material through runoff and wind, resulting in the contamination of 200 people, the death of 4 people, and radiation injury to 28 people, which shows how hazardous radioactive waste from medical sources can be[13].…”

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Section: B Radiological Dispersal Devices Radiological Exposure Devmentioning

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Aerial computing—security from missile threats and enhancing PUE

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Data centers have operational challenges due to high cooling costs and the necessity of ensuring physical security to keep data safe. The activities of malicious organizations in countries without sophisticated missile defence systems also necessitate enhancing data center security. The expending of significant power for cooling degrades data center power usage effectiveness (PUE). The use of high altitude platform data centers (HAP-DCs) is proposed to address these challenges. The HAP-DC incorporates a location mechanism which ensures that HAP-DCs have a dynamic location making them difficult targets for aerial missiles. The paper also proposes a stratospheric scheduling mechanism to enhance the HAP-DC's PUE. The scheduling mechanism ensures that HAP-DCs sited where the stratosphere has best cooling ability are used for workload execution. Analysis shows that the location mechanism enhances safety against missile threats by at least 6.7% and up to 35.4% on average. The scheduling mechanism enhances the PUE by at least 43.8% and up to 81.1% on average.

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Nuclear terrorism – Threat or not?

Cited by 7 publications

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Weaponizing Radioactive Medical Waste - The Looming Threat

Weaponizing Radioactive Medical Waste - The Looming Threat

Comparative metabolic profiles of total and partial body radiation exposure in mice using an untargeted metabolomics approach

Aerial computing—security from missile threats and enhancing PUE

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