Trafficking analysis to find who and where nuke bomb makers are

Tweet An item related to my port security article, as we get better at catching a larger fraction of the illegal traffic in nuclear materials and dual use materials like beryllium and zirconium a computer model can piece together the partial information on traffic flows to determine who is working on a nuclear bomb and where they are doing it.

The method can be used to track other materials, such as drugs. "We have a lot of interest from a lot of agencies," says Rochau.