THE VULNERABILITY OF NUCLEAR POWER TO TERRORIST MISUSE PRESENTS A GROWING PROBLEM FOR LAW ENFORCEMENT. SECURITY AT SOME ATOMIC ENERGY COMMISSION PLANTS HAS BEEN FOUND TO BE WEAK AND INEFFECTIVE. THE SPREAD OF KNOWLEDGE ON NUCLEAR POWER HAS ALSO BEEN A PROBLEM. NUCLEAR VIOLENCE WOULD HAVE TO BE WELL-ORGANIZED IN ADVANCE; THE COST OF BUILDING A BOMB IS EXPENSIVE. TO WARD OFF NUCLEAR TERRORISM, THE AUTHOR SUGGESTS THAT ADVANCE PUBLICITY BE GIVEN TO THE GRIEVANCES OF REVOLUTIONARY AND RADICAL GROUPS. NUCLEAR TERRORIST THREATS, IN ANY EVENT, MUST BE HANDLED MORE SERIOUSLY THAN OTHERS, INCLUDING YIELDING TO DEMANDS....BDS