Industry has A unique opportunity and a critical role to play in strengthening U.S. government efforts to prevent the spread of nuclear, radiological, and dual-use materials and technologies (those products and technologies that are normally used for civilian purposes but that could also have military applications) that could be used in a nuclear or radiological weapon. Government regulations and policies are in effect at both the national and international levels to inhibit access to such materials and technologies by illegitimate end users, but the discovery in 2003 of an illegal nuclear network spearheaded by Pakistani scientist Abdul Qadeer Khan spurred international debate about what more could be done to prevent proliferation.
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