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More than half of material thefts reported to IAEA occurred during transport
The International Atomic Energy Agency has said that more than half of all thefts of nuclear and other radioactive material reported to the agency’s Incident and Trafficking Database (ITDB) since 1993 occurred during authorized transport, with the share rising to nearly 70 percent in the past decade. The ITDB covers incidents involving nuclear material, radioisotopes, and radioactively contaminated material.
Plutonium Futures - The Science 2024
Matthew Higginson is currently principal research scientist for actinide analysis at the AWE. He has a PhD in nuclear and radiochemistry from the University of Manchester where he completed research on actinide separations from complex matrices. Following this Matthew has worked at the AWE for over a decade with his research focusing on all aspects of radio- and analytical chemistry relating to defence and nuclear forensics. He leads and has research interests in actinide analysis, radio-analytical chemistry, nuclear forensics, and actinide materials science.
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