The Oxford Handbook of Nuclear Security provides a comprehensive examination of efforts to secure sensitive nuclear assets and mitigate the risk of nuclear terrorism and other non-state actor threats. It aims to provide the reader with a holistic understanding of nuclear security through exploring its legal, political, and technical dimensions at the international, national, and organizational levels. Recognizing there is no one-size-fits-all approach to nuclear security, the book explores fundamental elements and concepts in practice through a number of case studies which showcase how and why national and organizational approaches have diverged. Although focused on critiquing past and current activities, unexplored yet crucial aspects of nuclear security are also considered, and how gaps in international efforts might be filled.
Contributors to the handbook are drawn from a variety of different disciplinary backgrounds and experiences, to provide a wide range of perspectives on nuclear security issues and move beyond the Western narratives that have tended to dominate the debate.
These include scholars from both developed and developing nuclear countries, as well as practitioners working in the field of nuclear security in an effort to bridge the gap between theory and practice.
PART I INTRODUCTION 1: Christopher Hobbs and Sarah Tzinieris: Nuclear Security 2: Friederike Friess and Moritz Kütt: Overview of Nuclear and Radioactive Materials 3: Jason T. Harris and Shraddha Rane: The Interface between Nuclear Safety and Nuclear Security PART II EVOLU TION OF NUCLEAR SECURITY THREATS 4: John Mueller: The Risk of Nuclear Terrorism 5: Gary A. Ackerman and Bryan R. Early: State Sponsorship of Nuclear Terrorism 6: Andrew Futter and Jason T. Harris: Cyber Threats and Nuclear Vulnerabilities 7: Matthew Bunn: Insider Threats to Nuclear Security PART III INTERNATIONAL NUCLEAR SECURITY REGIME 8: Yasemin Balci: The International Legal Basis of Nuclear Security 9: Wyn Q. Bowen, Matthew Cottee, and Sarah Tzinieris: Evolution of Global Nuclear Security Governance 10: Benjamin Kienzle and Daniel Salisbury: The United Nations Security Council and the 1540 Committee 11: Trevor Findlay: The IAEA's Critical Role in Nuclear Security 12: Geoffrey Chapman and William M. Moon: US-Russian Cooperative Threat Reduction to Secure Nuclear Warheads 13: Amandeep Gill: The Four Nuclear Security Summits PART IV SECURING NUCLEAR FACILITIES AND ASSETS 14: Martin Grigg and Johannes H. Sterba: The Fundamentals of Physical Protection 15: Igor Khripunov and James R. Holmes: Nuclear Security Culture 16: Marco Marzo and Sukesh K. Aghara: Nuclear Material Accounting and Control 17: Karl Dewey, Bob Officer, and Benjamin Whittard: Securing Nuclear Materials during Transport 18: Christopher Spirito and Sukesh K. Aghara: Cyber Security for Nuclear Facilities 19: Irman Abdul Rahman, Geoffrey Chapman and Faizal Mohamed: Radiological Source Security 20: Ross Peel and Sukesh K. Aghara: Nuclear Security for Next-Generation Reactors 21: Scott Roecker and Nickolas Roth: Addressing the Confidence Gap in the Security of Military Nuclear Materials PART V NATIONAL APPROACHES TO NUCLEAR SECURITY 22: Zenobia Homan, Sarah Tzinieris and Sebnem Udum: Nuclear Security for Newcomer Countries 23: Gregory B. Jaczko: Risk-Informed Nuclear Security Regulation in the United States 24: Christopher Hobbs and Tom Parkhouse: The United Kingdom's Transition from Prescriptive to Outcome-Focused Nuclear Security Regulation 25: Dmitry Kovchegin: The Evolution of Nuclear Security in Russia 26: Xiaobing Guo: Nuclear Security in China 27: Rajeswari Pillai Rajagopalan: India's Approach to Nuclear Security 28: Jinho Chung and Na Young Lee: Nuclear Security in the Republic of Korea PART VI COMBATTING NUCLEAR SMUGGLING 29: Egle E. Murauskaite: Illicit Networks and Nuclear Material Trafficking 30: Michael Duitsman and Margarita Kalinina-Pohl: Open Source Intelligence and Investigative Techniques for Locating Radioactive Materials 31: Craig Marianno: Radiation Detection for Border Monitoring 32: Vitaly Fedchenko: The Evolution of the Legal and Technical Aspects of Nuclear Forensics 33: David K. Smith: Case Studies of a Nuclear Forensic Examination PART VII PERMANENT THREAT REDUCTION 34: Ferenc Dalnoki-Veress and Miles A. Pomper: International Efforts to Minimize the Use of HEU 35: Sunday A. Jonah and Hamisu A. Adamu: Conversion of a Research Reactor from HEU to LEU in Nigeria 36: Chris Englefield: Alternative Technologies for Radioactive Sealed Sources 37: Styrkaar Hustveit, Tone-Mette Sjømoen, Håvar A. Sollund, and Sindre Øvergaard: Removal of Gamma Blood Irradiators in Norway PART VIII NUCLEAR SECURITY DURING TIMES OF CRISIS 38: Angela E. Leek and Jeffrey D. Semancik: Nuclear Emergency Preparedness and Response 39: Julia M. Pearce: Responding to Radiological Terrorism 40: Nickolas Roth and Daniel Salisbury: Nuclear Security in the Wake of the 2011 Earthquake and Tsunami in Japan 41: Christopher Hobbs and Amelie Stoetzel: Nuclear Security during the Covid-19 Pandemic
Christopher Hobbs is Professor in Science and International Security within the Department of War Studies at King's College London. He has published widely on nuclear security issues and sought to translate his work into real-world impact. From 2014-2022 he was Programme Director for the UK's Nuclear Security Culture Programme. Dr Sarah Tzinieris is a Research Fellow in the Centre for Science and Security Studies in the Department of War Studies at King's College London. She has published on nuclear security, non-proliferation, and British foreign policy, and previously supported the Nuclear Security Culture Programme, an academia-industry consortium funded by the British government. Sukesh K. Aghara is a Professor and Director of the Nuclear and Chemical Engineering at the University of Massachusetts Lowell. He directs the Integrated Nuclear Security and Safeguards Laboratory (INSSL) and serves as a Nuclear Security Fellow with Center for Terrorism and Security Studies (CTSS).
