The SciencesJanuary 1, 1996
The Real Threat of Nuclear Smuggling
Although many widely publicized incidents have been staged or overblown, the dangers of even a single successful diversion are too great to ignore.
Stories by Paul N. Woessner
PHIL WILLIAMS and PAUL N. WOESSNER work at the Ridgway Center for International Security Studies at the University of Pittsburgh. Williams, who directs the center, is a professor in the graduate school of public and international affairs. During the past three years, his research has focused on transnational criminal organizations and drug trafficking, and he is the editor of a new journal, "Transnational Organized Crime." Woessner, a research assistant at the Ridgway Center, received his master's degree in international affairs in 1994. He also earned an M.S. in planetary science and a B.S. in astronomy and physics, the latter at the University of Maryland.