核鑑識（nuclear forensics）是什麼

這篇文章說明得很詳細：

• Technology Review: Nuclear Deterrence in the Age of Nuclear Terrorism: "As I wrote in Technology Review in the summer of 2005 (see 'Nuclear Accountability,' July 2005 and at technologyreview.com), 'The technological prerequisite for rethinking the unthinkable is nuclear forensics: the ability to identify a bomb's source from radioactive debris left after it explodes.' A credible capacity to identify nuclear material definitively and quickly is essential. If the leader of a government--say, Kim Jong Il of North Korea--knew that the United States would be able to identify his 'fingerprints' on a nuclear weapon he sold to terrorists, it should be a useful deterrent. Similarly, nuclear custodians, scientists, and others whose main motivation for helping terrorists is financial, not ideological, would probably be more hesitant to do so if they could be found out."

根據文內的說明，核鑑識（nuclear forensics）的意思是：一枚炸彈爆炸之後，從它的放射性碎片確認它的來源的能力。

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• Nuclear Forensics: "Nuclear forensics and attribution are becoming increasingly important tools in the fight against illegal smuggling and trafficking of radiological and nuclear materials. These include materials intended for industrial and medical use (radiological), nuclear materials such as those produced in the nuclear fuel cycle, and much more dangerous weapons-usable nuclear materials—plutonium and highly enriched uranium."