Nuclear-Materials Agreement Focus of Improvement Effort; Pact Now Doesn't Address Terrorism
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VIENNA, Austria -- Delegates from about 100 countries began work Monday to revamp an international treaty on protecting nuclear material, arguing existing laws fail to do enough to safeguard nuclear power plants from terrorism.
The push to shield nuclear facilities has gained urgency since the attacks of Sept. 11, 2001, amid new security concerns and nightmare scenarios of fuel-laden jumbo jets smashing into an atomic power plants.See the full content of this document
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Nuclear-Materials Agreement Focus of Improvement Effort; Pact Now Doesn't Address Terrorism
"We can't go on with an old instrument in a new world," the conference chairman, Alec Jean Baer of Switzerland,...
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