The Need For Securing Nuclear Materials

Nuclear materials in a broad term includes Uranium, plutonium, Thorium and all other radioactive substances. These materials find applications in different walks of life; hospitals, industries, scientific research institutes, power generation etc. Nuclear materials also have the potential to be made into weapons such as the improvise Nuclear Devise (IND), Radiological Exposure Device (RED), Radiation and Dispersal Devices (RDD) and so on. Moreover, some radioactive sources have a very high dispersibility enabling them to have the capacity to cause harm to lives or even communities. Over the years, terrorists have shown interest in acquiring these materials to aid their malicious intentions and few cases of individuals or even communities that got harmed using radioactive materials have been recorded. This paper alludes the beneficial and maleficial uses of nuclear material, and accentuate the need for securing them.