Colleges Could Yield 'Dirty' Bomb Materials

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From: Barbara



And, so it begins...Not realizing they'd do infinitely more damage simply using conventional explosives to take down a 500 student lecture hall, we'll have to worry about 5 mCi of missing P-32 as some kind of terrorist threat...



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Colleges Could Yield 'Dirty' Bomb Materials 

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Terrorism: Medical labs and nuclear reactors produce the needed radioactive substances. And some say their security can be lax.



By AARON ZITNER

TIMES STAFF WRITER



June 12 2002



WASHINGTON -- WASHINGTON -- At UCLA, nearly 11,000 parcels containing radioactive materials arrive on campus each year, and 4,700 people are authorized to use the potentially hazardous substances. At UC Davis, UC Irvine and more than 20 other universities nationwide, staff members run nuclear reactors for research purposes. 



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