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Re: dirty bomb



	How about terrorists dispersing a poison gas into the ventilation

system of large buildings, or into a basketball arena. They could kill a

lot more people that way, and a lot faster.



On Thu, 27 Jun 2002, J. J. Rozental wrote:



> Inadequate Control of World's Radioactive Sources

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> The following is the initial paragraph of this topic published by the IAEA.

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> "Vienna, 24 June 2002 -- The radioactive materials needed to build a "dirty

> bomb" can be found in almost any country in the world, and more than 100

> countries may have inadequate control and monitoring programs necessary to

> prevent or even detect the theft of these materials, the International

> Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) says."

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> http://www.iaea.org/worldatom/Press/P_release/2002/prn0209.shtml

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> Many of these countries still use old sources, containing high activity,

> manufactured to standards lower than would be acceptable today. The

> radioactive substance in these sources is soluble salt which could readily

> disperse. It is not difficult to prepare a scenario for a dirty bomb using

> the mechanism system of a teletheraphy unit using Cs-137, as de one  in

> Goiania

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> Jose Julio Rozental

> joseroze@netvision.net.il

> Israel

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