nuclear terrorism(n = noun.act) - the use of a nuclear device by a terrorist organization to cause massive devastation or the use (or threat of use) of fissionable radioactive materials; "assaults on nuclear power plants is one form of nuclear terrorism"
is a kind of act of terrorism, terrorism, terrorist act

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