June 7, 2002
Labs Told to Secure Nuclear Reactors
Universities and laboratories that operate nuclear reactors for research and education should bolster their security to prevent terrorists from stealing materials to build weapons of mass destruction, a group of Harvard University researchers said in a report released last month.
Most of the world's 300 research reactors are highly vulnerable to theft by terrorists in search of uranium, according to the report, written by Matthew Bunn, John P. Holdren, and Anthony Wier, who work with
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