'Weapon of mass disturbance': researchers discuss threat from 'lost' nuclear material

Nuclear physicist Friedrich Steinhausler, Lyudmila Zaitseva, a researcher at the Institute for International Studies (IIS), and IIS Consulting Professor George Bunn describe the dangers posed by lost nuclear material and how weak standards make it easy for terrorists to steal plutonium and uranium.

Video: Jack Hubbard

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