We are actively campaigning to educate elected
officials and the public about the nature of the threat of nuclear terrorism
and steps that must be taken to ensure that terrorists bent on staging a devastating
nuclear 9/11 against the United States never can carry out their plans.
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The Surprising Science of Nuclear Terrorism:
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Nuclear terrorism is "the single biggest threat to U.S. security, both short-term, medium-term and long-term. This is something that could change the security landscape of this country and around the world for years to come." ... "If there ever was a detonation in New York City or London or Johannesburg, the ramifications economically, politically and from a security perspective would be devastating."
-President Barack Obama
"...There exists out there a clear and present threat not only to our security but to our entire way of life. The threat is that of nuclear terrorism and we need to ask today questions that the public would ask the day after an attack. How could this be possible? How could it be allowed to happen? What could have been done to prevent it?
"A nuclear attack as an act of terrorist aggression would make 9/11 look like the most innocent of dress rehearsals. The danger is clear and present and potentially cataclysmic. We have been warned. It is time to wake up."
- Dr. Liam Fox, Conservative Party Member of Parliament, UK
"That a small group of stateless terrorists could destroy New York or Washington with a black market nuclear bomb epitomizes just how much the world has changed – and how urgent it is that we lead other nations with a comprehensive global plan to lock down all of the world's fissionable material. Quickly. Before terrorists get their hands on a nuclear bomb."
- New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson
If 9/11 proved anything to America, it's that the terrorists mean it. But the lesson has not yet been learned fully.
It's dangerous for Americans to assume that nuclear weapons and materials around the world are secured in vaults, guarded day and night, beyond the reach of those who would use them without conscience or fear of death. They are not.
The mission of Citizens to Stop Nuclear Terrorism is to ensure that nuclear weapons and nuclear materials worldwide are locked away safely. CSNT is working diligently to raise public awareness of the threat of a nuclear 9/11 in conjunction with business leaders nationwide and members of Congress to take steps to prevent the unthinkable. The United States, the target of history's most devastating terrorist attack, must do whatever is necessary to avert a catastrophe that doesn't have to happen.
It is the business of business leaders to stay in business. They can and should be at the forefront of efforts to ensure that safeguards are put in place so that the United States is protected against those who are willing to give up their lives to destroy what Americans have created. Business leaders can rally their representatives in Congress to support the Obama administration’s goal “to secure all vulnerable nuclear material around the world within four years.”
"Nuclear terrorism remains a real and urgent danger," said a report prepared by the Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs at the John F. Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University, "Securing the Bomb 2007." "Terrorists are actively seeking nuclear weapons and the materials to make them. With enough plutonium or highly enriched uranium (HEU), a sophisticated and well-organized terrorist group could potentially make at least a crude nuclear bomb that could incinerate the heart of any major city."
CSNT embraces that report's chief recommendations to thwart a nuclear terrorist strike against the United States or its allies, namely:
The 9/11 terrorists didn't have access to nuclear materials. Others might, unless the world acts now to lock them down.
Another six old former Soviet strategic nuclear warheads deactivated under Nunn-Lugar
South Korea seeks to boost its role in the anti-WMD campaign
U.S. to help Malta detect and seize any trafficked nuclear materials at a major port
Vietnam prohibits illicit sales, transfers, purchases or possession of nuclear materials
Former Sen. Sam Nunn warns of nuclear terrorism threat on The Colbert Report
Senior U.S. official says federal government must focus more on WMD response
U.S. lab reveals nuclear response capabilities to help countries thwart terrorism
IAEA is assessing claim that Myanmar is establishing a nuclear weapons program
U.S., European Union adopt counterterrorism declaration
U.S., Russia discuss procedures to guard nuclear sites
Justice Department says WMD readiness must be improved around Washington, D.C.
Russia says terrorists seeking nuclear materials
Op-Ed: Don't gamble with America's future
Report: Total of operational nuclear weapons in eight nations dips from previous year
Report: Justice Department unprepared to safeguard public after a WMD terrorist strike
Former 9/11 commission chief says intelligence gaps leave U.S. vulnerable to terrorism
Getting the right budget for "loose nukes:" Part I
Nuclear terror drill held in Los Angeles
Britain investigating company suspected of supplying Iran with "dirty bomb" material
The nuclear security summit: Highlights of commitments from different countries
Video: World leaders pledge to act against nuclear terrorism
Testimony: "Nuclear terrorism is one of the most challenging threats to global security"
The nuclear security summit: Achievements and agenda for action
Report: Concerns about terrorism expressed at nuclear security summit
Expert warns that nuclear waste in Australia could be a terrorist target
FBI chief says Al-Qaida still pursuing WMD, posing a "serious threat" to U.S.
Analysis: Funding the fight against nuclear terrorism
Op-Ed: Facing the nuclear terrorism threat
Leaders of key Congress panel doubt if four-year goal to secure nuke weapons can be met
Preliminary analysis of FY11 funding request for international WMD security programs
Russia says Mexico will join global nuclear counterterrorism group
Homeland Security Department scales back development of new radiation detectors
Obama administration may accelerate disassembly of older nuclear weapons
Obama administration considers new nuclear weapons strategy
More money, leadership needed to fulfill pledge to secure nuclear materials in four years
Three former Soviet strategic nuclear warheads dismantled under Nunn-Lugar initiative
Main U.S. counterterrorism center hit by flawed staffing, internal cultural clashes
U.S., Slovakia train to prevent illicit trafficking of weapons-grade nuclear materials
Opinion: Three steps to reducing nuclear terrorism
Biden disputes Cheney's assertions that nuclear terrorism is a likely threat to the U.S.
Pentagon might shift command responsibility for combating WMD spread
Controlling the nuclear threat must be a top priority
Clinton fears terrorists with weapons of mass destruction
Book says British intelligence believes terrorists seeking weapons of mass destruction
U.S. experts urge Obama administration to accelerate securing fissile materials
Iran signals willingness to send low-enriched uranium to France, Russia for refinement
U.S. deploys radiation to detectors to ports in Israel, Malaysia, Portugal and Taiwan
Nuclear material moved from Livermore Lab to five more secure government sites
U.S., Russia hold nuclear security talks, tour nuclear facility
Nine more nuclear-capable missiles eliminated under Nunn-Lugar program
Reactors in Wisconsin and Idaho stop using highly enriched uranium
U.N. Security Council adopts resolution securing all nuclear materials within four years
U.N. Security Council Resolution 1887
Russia completes 75 percent of its conversion of highly enriched uranium
Op-ed: Allow interdiction of ships suspected of carrying nuclear materials
How U.S. removed 24 nuclear bombs worth of highly enriched uranium from Kazakhstan
GAO warns of lax security at some foreign research reactors
GAO report: FEMA has not issued recovery plans in case of radiological, nuclear attack
Iceland, Morocco sign on in support of the Global Initiative to Combat Nuclear Terrorism
U.S. intelligence community sets WMD priorities for the next four years
Russian-made highly enriched uranium removed from Hungarian reactor
U.S., Poland sign nuclear security agreement
Report: An update on funding for control nuclear weapons and materials
Obama administration plans to appoint White House nuclear terror czar
Officials warn that Homeland Security in disarray
Report calls nuclear terrorism a serious risk
Web sites dealing with nuclear-related issues
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OTHER IMPORTANT SITESBelfer Center for Science and International Affairs – Harvard University
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