Editing Nuclear terrorism (section)

===Security summits===
On April 12–13, 2010, President of the United States [[Barack Obama]] initiated and hosted the first-ever nuclear security summit in [[Washington, D.C.|Washington D.C.]], commonly known as the Washington [[Nuclear Security Summit]]. The goal was to strengthen international cooperation to prevent nuclear terrorism. President Obama, along with nearly fifty world leaders, discussed the threat of nuclear terrorism, what steps needed to be taken to mitigate illicit nuclear trafficking, and how to secure nuclear material. The Summit was successful in that it produced a consensus delineating nuclear terrorism as a serious threat to all nations. Finally, the Summit produced over four-dozen specific actions embodied in commitments by individual countries and the Joint Work Plan.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.stanleyfoundation.org/publications/pab/TobeyPAB611.pdf|title=Planning for Success at the 2012 Seoul Nuclear Security Summit|year=2011|publisher=The Stanley Foundation|access-date=July 26, 2012|author=Tobey, William|archive-date=May 12, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130512103010/http://www.stanleyfoundation.org/publications/pab/TobeyPAB611.pdf|url-status=live}}</ref> However, world leaders at the Summit failed to agree on baseline protections for weapons-usable material, and no agreement was reached on ending the use of [[highly enriched uranium]] (HEU) in civil nuclear functions. Many of the shortcomings of the Washington Nuclear Security Summit were addressed at the Seoul Nuclear Security Summit in March 2012, including a focus on nuclear detection.<ref>{{Cite web |title=2012 Nuclear Security Summit {{!}} Homeland Security |url=https://www.dhs.gov/archive/2012-nuclear-security-summit |access-date=2024-09-29 |website=www.dhs.gov |language=en}}</ref>

According to [[Graham Allison]], director of [[Harvard University]]’s [[Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs]], the objectives of the Nuclear Security Summit in [[Seoul]] are to continue to, “assess the progress made since the Washington Summit and propose additional cooperation measures to (1) Combat the threat of nuclear terrorism, (2) protect nuclear materials and related facilities, and (3) prevent illicit trafficking in nuclear materials."<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nuclearsummit.org/files/QAFINALVersion.pdf|title=2012 Seoul Nuclear Security Summit Q&A with Professor Graham Allison|year=2012|publisher=Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs, Harvard University|access-date=July 26, 2012|archive-date=April 2, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120402135223/http://www.nuclearsummit.org/files/QAFINALVersion.pdf|url-status=dead}}</ref>