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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HEADLINES & LINKS
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
Justice Department says WMD readiness must be improved around Washington, D.C.
U.S., Russia discuss procedures to guard nuclear sites
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: Achievements and agenda for action
Testimony: "Nuclear terrorism is one of the most challenging threats to global security"
Video: World leaders pledge to act against nuclear terrorism
The nuclear security summit: Highlights of commitments from different countries
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
September 11, 2009
U.S., Poland sign nuclear security agreement
August 7, 2009
June, 2009
Report: An update on funding for control nuclear weapons and materials
December 3, 2008
Obama administration plans to appoint White House nuclear terror czar
November 30, 2008
Officials warn that Homeland Security in disarray
November 19, 2008
Report calls nuclear terrorism a serious risk
Report urges Obama to name a full-time nuclear terrorism adviser
October 20, 2008
October 19, 2008
Diplomacy is crucial to preventing nuclear terrorism
September 30, 2008
U.N. atom chief says nuclear terrorism is number one threat
September 29. 2008
New security organization will try to prevent nuclear theft
September 26, 2008
U.S. should work with Russia to lessen nuclear dangers
September 14, 2008
Nuclear proliferation endangers world stability
September 12, 2008
Book review: Reign of counterterror
September 11, 2008
Book warns that fear of nuclear terrorism could cause U.S. to take unwise action
All too quiet on the homeland front
September 10, 2008
U.S. government graded C by former officials in its efforts to fight nuclear terrorism
September 9, 2008
The one thing the next president must do is prevent a nuclear attack on America
September 5, 2008
A team of experts battles to retrieve tons of nuclear material before the terrorists do
September 4, 2008
Radiation detector plan falls short, audit says, and likely will be curtailed
August 24, 2008
A web of shadowy deals in the undoing of a nuclear network
August 19, 2008
Chaos in Georgia halts U.S. nuclear security effort
August 16, 2008
When the war in Georgia ends, start to worry: the smuggling of nuclear material
August 6, 2008
McCain, Obama told to end nuclear threat
July 31, 2008
Gates sees terrorism as remaining enemy No. 1; shifts focus from conventional warfare
July 23, 2008
Norway contributes more than $800,000 to help prevent nuclear terrorism
July 5, 2008
U.S. ships 500 tons of yellowcake uranium from Iraq to Canada in secret operation
June 26, 2008
National nuclear labs to play more prominent role in U.S. national security
U.S. removes its nuclear weapons from Britain
June 22, 2008
Bush fails to appoint a nuclear terror czar
June 16, 2008
Intelligence official says U.S. must do more to stop nuclear black market
June 15, 2008
Smugglers had designed for advanced nuclear warhead
June 1, 2008
Concerns over Bush administration's lack of curbing nuclear threat
May 31, 2008
Nuclear bomb blueprints for sale on world black market, experts fear
May 27, 2008
Al-Qaida supporters' tape calls for use of WMDs
May 21, 2008
Nuclear terrorism threat going unheed, former Clinton administration official says
May 16, 2008
Homeland Security awards more than $844 million to protect infrastructure
May 12, 2008
Security flaws exposed at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
May 5, 2008
Opinion: Time to bury a dangerous legacy
April 28, 2008
Country report on terrorism: Chapter 4, WMD terrorism poses grave security risk to U.S.
April 27, 2008
Former British intelligence chief says al-Qaida wouldn't hesitate to blow away a city
April 26, 2008
Opinion: Democrats ignoring explosive situation
April 25, 2008
Experts say catastrophic nuclear attack is 'inevitable"
April 16, 2008
Risk of nuclear attack against the United States on rise
A 10-kiloton nuclear device detonated in Washington, D.C., would kill 100,000
Experts say staying put is safest move after nuclear attack
April 14, 2008
U.S. nuclear watchdog to expand radioactive materials tracking system
April 7, 2008
Nuclear terrorism remains a threat
April 2, 2008
Senate committee examines theat to U.S. from a nuclear terrorist attack
Congressional testimony: Steps to reduce the danger of nuclear terrorism
U.S. says Saudi Arabia is prime source of terror funds
Experts to testify of "growing" nuclear threat to the United States
March 25, 2008
March 21, 2008
Independent panel recommends tighter access to radioactive materials
March 19, 2008
Gorbachev says it's the world's common task to halt the spread of nuclear danger
March 18, 2008
U.S. adapts Cold War idea to combat terrorists
March 17, 2008
Potential dangers in medical isotope production
March 12, 2008
Congressional testimony: Biggest terrorism threat against U.S. is nuclear weapon
March 9, 2008
Dirty bomb threat as Britain ships plutonium to France
March 6, 2008
Report: Detecting nuclear and radiological materials
Bush requests less money for nuclear threat reduction program
Interview with former Senator Sam Nunn: A world free of nuclear weapons
March 3, 2008
Preventing future nuclear catastrophes
February 28, 2008
Weapons-grade nuclear materials removed from Sandia lab in New Mexico
Facts from the Union of Concerned Scientists about fissile materials
February 21, 2008
Report: What to do about U.S. and Russian nonstrategic nuclear weapons
February 20, 2008
Report: Which countries have how many and which nuclear weapons
February 19, 2008
Answers on nuclear smuggling remain elusive
February 18, 2008
Opinion: Prevent future nuclear catastrophes by deactivating all nuclear weapons
Transcript: The evolution of U.S. counterterrorism policy
Transcript: The evolution of counterterrorism policy
February 12, 2008
GAO report warns of threat to campus reactors
February 11, 2008
U.S.-NATO preemptive nuclear doctrine endorse a nuclear first strike to defend the West
February 10, 2008
Chief U.N. nuclear watchdog warns about extremist nuclear threat
February 4, 2008
New Jersey senator calls on presidential candidates to address nuclear terrorist threat
February 3, 2008
Al-Qaida said to focus on trying to acquire WMDs, including nuclear
Recent exercises illustrate difficulties in securing cities from nuclear attack
Pentagon disputes National Guard report saying U.S. not prepared for WMD attack
January 31, 2008
TV ad to draw attention to nuclear threat
Report: U.S. military unprepared for WMD attack
January 23, 2008
Report: Energy Department must reassess program to aid weapons scientists in Russia
January 17, 2008
Nuclear terrorism and its dangers
January 13, 2008
Elite teams prepare for nuclear terrorism
January 10, 2008
Kyrgyzstan says it seizes radioactive material on train bound for Iran
January 8, 2008
U.N. atom agency chief fears for security of Pakistan's nuclear arsenal
January 4, 2008
Video of sleeping guards shakes nuclear industry
Commentary: Despite its claims, Pakistan's nuclear weapons are vulnerable
Book review: 'On Nuclear Terrorism'
January 3, 2008
Commentary: The United States should get tough with Pakistan
Book: Bhutto promised to turn over Pakistan's A.Q. Khan for questioning
Russia says it thwarts more than 120 nuclear smuggling attempts
January 2, 2008
Survey reveals nuclear terrorism is America's top fear
December 27, 2007
December 21, 2007
Report: Securing, consolidating and eliminating fissile materials
December 20, 2007
Commentary: Alarms should sound over the breaching of a South African nuclear site
December 19, 2007
Bush administration plans to shrink U.S. nuclear weapons program
Al-Qaida said to be pursuing a nuclear weapon
December 18, 2007
Interview: Exposing the threat of Islamist terrorism
December 11, 2007
Pakistani military chief says Pakistan's nuclear weapons are "very safe and secure"
RAND study provides framework for rail systems to protect against terrorist attacks
December 4, 2007
Bhutto warns that al-Qaida-linked militants could seize Pakistani nuclear weapons
November 29, 2007
Slovak uranium arrests reveal shadowy market
Inside Pakistan's drive to guard its A-bombs
November 28, 2007
Three people arrested in eastern Europe for trying to sell radioactive materials
November 26, 2007
Opinion: A U.S.-Indian partnership against nuclear weapons
November 25, 2007
Book review: Smoking guns and mushroom clouds
November 20, 2007
U.S., Russia sign accord for disposal of 34 metric tons of surplus Russian plutonium
November 19, 2997
U.S. official says nations must keep better track of fissile material to avoid "dirty bomb"
November 18, 2007
Pennsylvania senator urges more rapid U.S. response to threat of terrorism
Report: Pakistan's nuclear assets and threats of terrorism: How grave is the danger?
U.S. secretly aids Pakistan in guarding nuclear weapons
November 15, 2007
British Prime Minister Gordon Brown unveils anti-terrorism strategy
Nuclear break-in baffles South Africa
November 14, 2007
Impossible for U.S. to secure Pakistani nuclear weapons in an Islamist takeover
Policy analysis: Overcoming nuclear dangers
November 12, 2007
Pakistan serves notice that it can defend its nuclear weapons
Terrorists are making efforts to get fissile material and nuclear weapons
Nuclear terrorism is a serious threat
November 9, 2007
Nuclear terrorism threat fuels oil price frenzy
November 6, 2007
Global organization considered to help fight nuclear terrorism
November 5, 2007
Experts say world becoming more dangerous for Americans, the United States
November 1, 2007
Report to Congress: National strategy for combatting terrorism
October 24, 2007
Report: Reducing nuclear threats and preventing nuclear terrorism
October 23, 2007
In the search for loose nukes, a little propaganda goes a long way
Commentary: Nuclear terrorism's fatal assumptions
October 17, 2007
Senate panel extends terror insurance program
Column: Al-Qaida trying hard to find a nuclear device
October 12, 2007
British Conservative Party Parliament member warns of nuclear terrorism
October 11, 2007
House panel weighs need to account for nuclear material
October 10, 2007
Dwindling expertise threatens U.S. ability to determine origin of nuclear materials
October 5, 2007
New White House security report warns of al-Qaida's pursuit of WMD
September 26, 2007
Report: "Securing the Bomb 2007." "Nuclear terrorism remains a real and urgent danger"
Opinion: Thwarting terrorists: More to Be Done
September 25, 2007
Poll: Large majority of adults in six countries worried about nuclear terrorism
September 21, 2007
Nuclear terror attack avoidable because governments worldwide can stop it
September 18, 2007
GAO says DHS has difficulty implementing its plans
GAO report: Government testing of radiation detection monitors flawed
September 17, 2007
U.N. nuclear watchdog says more action needed to curb nuclear terrorism
September 14, 2007
DHS grants $3.7 million for detection of illicit nuclear materials
September 12, 2007
Sept. 11 commissioners say nuclear terrorism official needed at White House level
September 11, 2007
Homeland security chief says nuclear attack on U.S. a priority concern
U.N. agency's expertise to help protect against nuclear terrorism at 2008 Olympics
September 6, 2007
GAO criticizes Homeland Security's efforts to fulfill its mission
August 31, 2007
U.S. says hundreds of nuclear weapons and weapons-grade materials sites secured
August 30, 2007
Victories come slowly in cleanup of Soviet bloc nuclear materials
August 21, 2007
Poll: Pakistan said most likely to give nuclear tech to terrorists
August 16, 2007
Department of Homeland Security announces $260 million in grants
New York Police Department warns of homegrown terror threat
August 14, 2007
Pakistan vows to protect its nuclear assets
Australia to sell uranium to India
August 13, 2007
Guards train for dirty bomb at nuclear weapons plant
Libya stalls on vow to destroy uranium stock
August 10, 2007
U.S. assessing Pakistan nukes if Musharraf falls
August 8, 2007
Analysis: Dirty bomb unlikely but successful attack would be costly
August 5, 2007
Stolen radioactive materials in Uganda spark terrorism scare
August 3, 2007
Bush signs anti-terror bill carrying out many 9/11 Commission recommendations
August 1, 2007
Obama unveils comprehensive strategy to fight global terrorism
Libya signs on to UN counterterrorism accord
July 28, 2007
Antiterrorism bill passes House by wide margin
July 24, 2007
Report: U.S. threat reduction assistance to the former Soviet Union
July 23, 2007
Joint Chiefs of Staff issue doctrine on homeland defense
July 20, 2007
Opinion: Staying awake about terrorism
Suspected nuclear peddler pleads not guilty
Congress agrees on overseas cargo scanning
July 19, 2007
Washington, D.C., New York get biggest increases in counterterrorism aid
Contract employee charged with stealing classified uranium data from U.S. lab
July 17, 2007
U.S. Government: The terrorist threat to the United States
July 14, 2007
Washington, D.C., area to get more anti-terrorism funds
The West is ill-equipped to manage the Islamist terrorist threat
July, 13, 2007
Bush sends nuclear terrorism treaty to Senate
July 12, 2007
Opinion: Government in denial about possible decapitating terrorist strike
Report: NRC actions to strengthen licensing for sealed radioactive sources not effective
The role of forensics in preventing nuclear terrorism
Sting reveals security gap at nuclear agency
July 8, 2007
Former British intelligence chief warns of possible terrorist nuclear attack
July 5, 2007
Canadian nuclear agency struggles to keep tabs on missing or stolen radioactive devices
U.S. nuclear plant anti-terrorist measures nearly complete
July 2, 2007
U.S. awards highly enriched uranium downblending contract
Pakistan eases curbs on atomic scientist
June 30, 2007
Big powers skirt anti-nuke terrorism treaty
June 29, 2007
U.S., Russia advance nuclear security alliance
A.Q. Khan network out of business, State Department says
Nuclear plants require strict security
June 28, 2007
British port signs on to help deter nuclear terrorism
June 27, 2007
Lawmakers say black market in arms technology could be in business without A.Q. Khan
June 26, 2007
Report: U.S. agencies need better guidance to help others disrupt terrorists, GAO finds
June 25, 2007
Opinion: Thwarting nuclear terrorism requires global cooperation
Poll: Americans assess possible terror scenarios
June 21, 2007
June 19, 2007
Nuclear powers must do more to prevent terrorists getting nukes, expert says
Opinion: Nuclear terror threat demands readiness
U.N. official urges all states to sign on to treaty against nuclear terrorism
June 7, 2007
U.S., Russia to Speed Installation of Radioactivity Detectors on Russian Borders
FBI Hosts Nuclear Terrorism Conference
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