Analysis of Threats to the Physical Protection of Nuclear Facilities and Sites
Analysis of Threats to the Physical Protection of Nuclear Facilities and Sites
Author(s): Ekaterina BogomilovaSubject(s): Politics / Political Sciences, Politics, Security and defense, Peace and Conflict Studies
Published by: Университет за национално и световно стопанство (УНСС)
Keywords: physical protection; nuclear insider threat analysis; nuclear disaster
Summary/Abstract: The modern trends in threats to international security, such as the nuclear arms race, terrorist threats through improvised explosive devices with radioactive materials, cyber-threats against hi-tech production and operating security systems, the 2011 earthquake with a 9.0 magnitude on the Richter scale which caused a tsunami, which in turn led to the Fukushima nuclear disaster, have drawn attention to the various dimensions and degrees of the physical vulnerability of nuclear sites and facilities.
Journal: Годишник на УНСС
- Issue Year: 2019
- Issue No: 1
- Page Range: 253-264
- Page Count: 12
- Language: English