[ RadSafe ] How tough is it to build a dirty bomb?

[Bernard L. Cohen]

On 2/10/2011 4:53 PM, Franz Schönhofer wrote:
>   Since the aim of such an "attack" would be to raise fear and
> chaos the amount and the concentration of such radioactive substances is
> hardly of any importance. Headlines in the mass media like "Plutonium bomb
> spreads deadly radioactive material in downtown...." would be enough to
> create chaos - whether it were a mBq or some GBq.
>
         This could only work once, because when the public recognizes 
that no one was harmed by the plutonium, it would be a very useful 
public information event

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Bernard L. Cohen
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