Nuclear Terrorism
Nuclear terrorism refers to any person or persons who detonate a nuclear weapon as an act of terrorism (meaning illegal or immoral use of violence for a political or religious cause). Some definitions of nuclear terrorism include the sabotage of a nuclear facility and/or the detonation of a radiological device, colloquially termed a dirty bomb, but consensus is lacking. In legal terms, nuclear terrorism is an offense committed if a person unlawfully and intentionally "uses in any way radioactive material … with the intent to cause death or serious bodily injury; or with the intent to cause substantial damage to …
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RI: Rideau Institute · 2 August 2023 English
It is also based on modelling and simulations of what could happen, for example assessments of the risk of nuclear war in a much-changed global technological and political context, the …
such as command-and-control malfunctions and nuclear terrorism. Hellman calculates the upper annual probability … indicates how existing concepts of escalation, nuclear terrorism, and classical deterrence theories might apply … many states began to focus on the risk of nuclear terrorism. In the US, the Department of Homeland Security …
Wilson Center Canada · 8 July 2023 English
The infamous image of the Russian flag being planted on the seabed at the North Pole in 2007 and the Ilulissat meeting of the Arctic Five (Canada, Russia, USA, Denmark/Greenland, …
terrorists to steal the radioactive fuel for nuclear terrorism, but enhances their detection, delay, and …
Wilson Center Canada · 13 February 2023 English
xii INTRODUCTION Nuclear Energy on the Korean Peninsula: A Way towards the Future? NUCLEAR ENERGY & SAFETY ON THE KOREAN PENINSULA While the first section of the volume analyzes historical …
weapons knowledge; 8) Reducing the threat of nuclear terrorism; 9) Assisting in the destruction of chemical …
CIGI: Centre for International Governance Innovation · 27 June 2022 English
of pressing space security issues, the major actors or stakeholders to take into account in As a result, firms will gain experience in large-scale an assessment of space security, and …
Linz and Seymour ———. 1990. “Confronting Nuclear Terrorism.” Hastings Martin Lipset, 341–409. Boulder …
Parliamentary Centre · 30 March 2022 English
March 30, 2022 Briefing Note Current Situation in Ukraine and the Work and Roles of Parliamentarians Prepared by the Parliamentary Centre and the Agency for Legislative Initiatives under the Parliamentary …
recognition that Russia's actions are acts of nuclear terrorism. Establishing a Special Tribunal for the Russian …
Wilson Center Canada · 24 February 2021 English
Korea, three summit meetings between Trump and Kim Jong-un failed to slow the growth of its The three summit meetings between Trump arsenal and left the Pyongyang regime closer to …
nuclear weapons to additional states, and nuclear terrorism. Extending that analysis in this policy brief …
ULCC: Uniform Law Conference of Canada · 14 January 2021 English
Protection of Nuclear Material and the International Convention for the Suppression of Acts of Nuclear Terrorism. [...] CONCLUSION As noted in past Reports, the work of the Uniform Law Conference of Canada …
Parliamentary review of these Acts. 4. Bill S-9, the Nuclear Terrorism Act Bill S-9, An Act to Amend the Criminal … Code to create four new offences relating to nuclear terrorism: • possessing or trafficking nuclear or radioactive … Convention for the Suppression of Acts of Nuclear Terrorism. 5 Other Government Bills Bill C-30, the Protecting …
ULCC: Uniform Law Conference of Canada · 13 January 2021 English
CEA that relate to the issuance of certificates and fiats. [...] The coming into force of the Nuclear Terrorism Act will allow Canada to ratify the Amendment to the Convention on the Physical Protection of … of Nuclear Material and the International Convention for the Suppression of Acts of Nuclear Terrorism. [...] 14 2013ulcc0022 Ministers also requested Deputy Ministers to instruct the CCSO Working Group …
S-7 (Combating Terrorism Act) and Bill S-9 (Nuclear Terrorism Act). Three of these have come into force … Anti-terrorism Act. 5 2013ulcc0022 Bill S-9 Nuclear Terrorism Act Bill S-9, An Act to amend the Criminal … Code to create four new offences relating to nuclear terrorism: making a device, or possessing, using, … imprisonment. The coming into force of the Nuclear Terrorism Act will allow Canada to ratify the Amendment … Convention for the Suppression of Acts of Nuclear Terrorism. Bill S-16 Trafficking in Contraband Tobacco …
ULCC: Uniform Law Conference of Canada · 13 January 2021 English
CEA that relate to the issuance of certificates and fiats. [...] The coming into force of the Nuclear Terrorism Act will allow Canada to ratify the Amendment to the Convention on the Physical Protection of … of Nuclear Material and the International Convention for the Suppression of Acts of Nuclear Terrorism. [...] 14 2013ulcc0022 Ministers also requested Deputy Ministers to instruct the CCSO Working Group …
S-7 (Combating Terrorism Act) and Bill S-9 (Nuclear Terrorism Act). Three of these have come into force … Anti-terrorism Act. 5 2013ulcc0022 Bill S-9 Nuclear Terrorism Act Bill S-9, An Act to amend the Criminal … Code to create four new offences relating to nuclear terrorism: making a device, or possessing, using, … imprisonment. The coming into force of the Nuclear Terrorism Act will allow Canada to ratify the Amendment … Convention for the Suppression of Acts of Nuclear Terrorism. Bill S-16 Trafficking in Contraband Tobacco …
RI: Rideau Institute · 15 July 2020 English
The Direction reiterates that the Service is bound by the duties of candour and utmost good faith and notes that the evidence as disclosed to that point suggested that the …
que la Convention internationale of Acts of Nuclear Terrorism, done at New pour la répression des actes …
