FACTS
1. National leaders agree that nuclear terrorism is one of the most challenging threats to international security.
2. The current global stockpile of nuclear
materials is large enough to build more than 100,000 nuclear bombs.
3. Nuclear material continues to accumulate in unstable regions of the world.
4. There are things we can do to lockdown vulnerable nuclear (fissile) materials. Find out what you can do here.
"The greatest danger of another catastrophic attack in the United States will materialize if the world’s most dangerous terrorists acquire the world’s most dangerous weapons."
—9/11 Commission
"Nuclear terrorism is the most serious danger the world is facing."
—Mohamed ElBaradei, former director of the IAEA and winner of the 2005 Nobel Peace Prize
"The risk of a nuclear confrontation between nations has gone down, but the risk of nuclear attack has gone up."
—Barack Obama, President of the United States
About FMWG
The Fissile Materials Working Group (FMWG) is a non-governmental coalition of more than 70 U.S. and international organizations working to provide action-oriented policy solutions to keep the world safe from nuclear terrorism. More.
The Fissile Materials Working Group (FMWG) is a non-governmental coalition of more than 70 U.S. and international organizations working to provide action-oriented policy solutions to keep the world safe from nuclear terrorism. More.
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