SECURE ENERGY? CIVIL NUCLEAR POWER, SECURITY AND GLOBAL

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Foreword 4

About the authors 6

Executive Summary 7

Introduction 14

Chapter 1 The “new build is unlikely to increase risks to the UK” (DTI, 2006)

Section 1.1 Into the unknown: fueling civil nuclear power 15

Jan Willem Storm van Leeuwen

Section 1.2 Keeping materials out of the wrong hands 22

Dr. Frank Barnaby

Section 1.3 The risk of nuclear terrorism 24

Dr. Frank Barnaby

Section 1.4 Nuclear terrorism: an exaggerated threat? 28

Professor Paul Rogers

Chapter 2 The “security situation is expected to remain at current levels” (DTI, 2006) *

Section 2.1 From civil nuclear means to military ends: Iran, a case study 32

Dr. Frank Barnaby

Section 2.2 The security background to a nuclear new build 36

James Kemp

Chapter 3 Nuclear power and global warming

Section 3.1 CO2 emissions from nuclear power 40

Jan Willem Storm van Leeuwen

Section 3.2 If not nuclear, then what? 45

Professor Keith Barnham

Conclusions 49

Notes and references 51