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The Department Of Homeland Security’S Approach To Countering Nuclear Terrorism Through Detection And Technical Forensics, Huban A. Gowadia, Brigitte S. Mardigras
The Department Of Homeland Security’S Approach To Countering Nuclear Terrorism Through Detection And Technical Forensics, Huban A. Gowadia, Brigitte S. Mardigras
International Journal of Nuclear Security
To combat the threat of nuclear terrorism, the Domestic Nuclear Detection Office (DNDO) was established within the U.S. Department of Homeland Security to focus efforts on developing and enhancing radiological and nuclear detection and national technical nuclear forensics capabilities. With respect to nuclear detection, we at DNDO, in concert with interagency partners, are developing and enhancing a multi-faceted, layered, defense-in-depth framework to make prohibitively difficult the importation, possession, storage, development, transportation, or use of nuclear or other radioactive material that is out of regulatory control. In furtherance of this framework, we conduct research and development on detection and forensics technologies, …