50 Years of Terrorism against the Nuclear Industry: A Review of 91 Incidents in the Global Terrorism Database.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The on-going Russo-Ukrainian war has resulted in a renewed global interest in the safety and security of nuclear installations and the possibility of nuclear disasters caused by warfare and terrorism.The objective of this study was to identify and characterize all documented terrorist attacks against nuclear transport, nuclear facilities, and nuclear scientists as reported to the Global Terrorism Database (GTD) over a 50-year period.

Methods

The GTD was searched for all terrorist attacks against nuclear facilities, nuclear scientists, nuclear transport, and other nuclear industry-related targets in the period from 1970-2020. Analyses were performed on temporal factors, location, target type, attack and weapon type, perpetrator type, number of casualties, and prope

SUBMITTER: De Cauwer H 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10067068 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature