Nuclear Material Quotes

A likely source for terrorists seeking to buy or steal nuclear materials is the former Soviet Union.

But the most important thing about that story, which is not often told, is that as a result after the Cuban missile crisis, immediate steps were taken to correct our inability to collect on the movement of nuclear material out of the Soviet Union to other places.

Obviously, it gave me a chance to see Barcelona. I won't deny that. But I also had a chance to see something in another country in terms of recycling and reusing nuclear material.

Despite claims by some to the contrary, we have heard numerous times in hearings and briefings by experts that existing technologies do not fully or effectively detect nuclear material.

The nexus between terrorism and nuclear weapons, or even nuclear material, is obviously a current concern.