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How Will Warren Buffett's $50 Million Donation Stop the Spread of Nukes?

By J. RichardDec 3rd 2010 – 5:58PM

(Dec. 3) -- Billionaire Warren Buffett announced today that he is donating $50 million to a new plan aimed at preventing the spread of atomic bombs. Word of Buffett's foray into nuclear nonproliferation comes just one week after the passing of Samuel T. Cohen, creator of the neutron bomb, which served as a reminder to...

Nuclear Terrorism: 5 Scary Scenarios

By Sharon WeinbergerApr 12th 2010 – 6:03PM
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(April 12) -- Security experts have long warned of the danger posed by terrorists determined to obtain a nuclear weapon. But now nuclear terrorism has moved to the top of the international agenda, with President Barack Obama deeming it "the greatest threat to U.S. and global security." This week's nuclear security summit...

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Background on nuclear terrorism

Nuclear terrorism denotes the use, or threat of the use, of nuclear weapons or radiological weapons in acts of terrorism, including

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