11. So far, police say, they have not found an organized mafia running nuclear smuggling. 12. The eight leaders also called for better coordination to prevent nuclear smuggling, including the sharing of intelligence and collaboration on customs and law enforcement. 13. The increasing risks of chaos in a nuclear power are also evident in the rumors of nuclear smuggling. 14. The IAEA recently held a conference to discuss the risks of nuclear smuggling, which has worsened as the economies of many former Soviet republics have slumped. 15. The study reveals gaping holes in their ability to detect nuclear smuggling and worrying flaws in their audits of radioactive materials. 16. Unless salaries are raised, some researchers may find nuclear smuggling too great a temptation to resist. 17. With its focus on nuclear smuggling, nuclear safety and the Chernobyl power plant, it will necessarily place a spotlight on safety problems in Russia. 18. Participants are expected to sign a general declaration on nuclear safety and an agreement on cooperation in preventing nuclear smuggling. 19. A secret survey of Russian nuclear safety ordered by President Boris Yeltsin reveals covered-up accidents and poor protection against nuclear smuggling, a German newspaper reported Sunday. 20. Also of importance was a program of combating nuclear smuggling, meant to prevent radical regimes and terrorists from obtaining nuclear or radiological weapons. |