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This paper discusses three questions: 1. Could terrorists or others steal nuclear fuel from research reactors to make either a nuclear weapon of a “dirty bomb,” a radiological dispersal device? 2. Could terrorists attack a research reactor with conventional explosives, for example, with a truck loaded with such explosives, in order to disperse radioactivity from the fuel of the reactor to an area down wind of the reactor? 3.How do power reactors compare with research reactors as targets for terrorist attacks?