This paper reviews the threat of nuclear terrorism, the process of nuclear forensics, the nuclear forensics technology, and the nuclear attribution analysis, including the technical means, the analysis methods and the processes of the nuclear forensics as a weapon against illicit trafficking of nuclear materials. Some nuclear forensics challenges are pointed out.
ZHANG Jilong
,
ZHOU Zhibo
,
GAO Xuemei
,
LIU Likun
,
TIAN Chuan
. A weapon against illicit trafficking of nuclear materials: Nuclear forensics[J]. Science & Technology Review, 2016
, 34(15)
: 63
-65
.
DOI: 10.3981/j.issn.1000-7857.2016.15.008
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