RE: So, is reprocessing in America's future?

["Stokes, James" <StokesJ@TTNUS.COM>]

The concept of using a radioactive dispersal device has been around for over

a hundred years.  Jules Vernes used the idea in one of his books.  However,

as a terrorist device, it would not work as well.  Since No agency or

organization currently surveys for radioactive materials at the seen of an

explosive blast, NO ONE would know it was there, and it would have no

"terror" effect.  You can't be afraid of something that you don't know

about.



That folks, is reality.

-----Original Message-----

From: Bernard L Cohen

To: NECNP

Cc: radsafe@list.vanderbilt.edu

Sent: 7/5/01 10:51 AM

Subject: RE: So, is reprocessing in America's future?





On Tue, 3 Jul 2001, NECNP wrote:



> Actually, weapons grade plutonium is needed only to create "clean" 

> weapons.  One can still get a critical mass from reactor grade

plutonium, 

> or barring that one could just use it to contaminate an area.  It

would be 

> a simple matter for a terrorist to contaminate something like the

elevators 

> in the World Trade Center and have the non-weapons grade plutonium

tracked 

> all through the buildings shutting them down for a long time.  It

really 

> doesn't need to be a bomb.



	You don't need plutonium for that. Cs-137 or any other

radioisotope would be much more effective than Pu and very easy to

obtain.





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