This Open Access volume assembles experts from the United States and India to examine six issues essential to the safety and security of nuclear facilities, technologies, and materials: insider threats, organizational culture, emergency response, physical protection, control of radioactive sources, and cyber security. Each chapter includes papers by an Indian expert and by an American counterpart. This unique structure contrasts the countries diverse perspectives on nuclear security, situates technical problems within larger socio-political contexts, and identifies cooperative opportunities for the U.S. and India.
Chapter 1: Mitigating Insider Threats and Ensuring Personnel Reliability.
Chapter 2: The Role of Organizational Culture in Nuclear Security.
Chapter 3: Emergency Response and Crisis Communications.
Chapter 4: Physical Protection of Nuclear Facilities and Materials.
Chapter 5: Controlling and Managing Radioactive Sources.
Chapter 6: Cyber Security and Nuclear Facilitiesa.
S. Paul Kapur is Professor in the National Security Affairs Department at the Naval Postgraduate School and a visiting fellow at Stanford Universitys Hoover Institution.
Rajeswari Pillai Rajagopalan is Director of the Centre for Security, Strategy and Technology (CSST) at the Observer Research Foundation, New Delhi.
Diana Wueger is Faculty Associate for Research in the National Security Affairs Department at the Naval Postgraduate School and a PhD Candidate at the University of Chicago.
