ABSTRACT
Nuclear security and the non-proliferation of nuclear weapons are increasingly seen as closely linked. Originally nuclear security was designed to prevent unauthorized access to nuclear materials that may have been harmful to individuals and the general public, and to prevent sabotage whether by outsiders or insiders. A dawning realization that terrorists may be able to fashion a crude nuclear device from purloined fissile material,1 combined with fears of a terrorist attack on a nuclear facility that could replicate the radioactive effects of a nuclear weapon, has led to increasing convergence of the nuclear security and non-proliferation elements of global governance. This chapter thus treats them together, mindful that several of the global institutions, treaties and arrangements considered below have relevance to both security and non-proliferation.
