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Jose Julio Rozental
Israel
LA TIMES
‘Culture of Theft’ Reported at U.S. Nuclear
Lab Monday, December 9, 2002
Los Angeles Times
LOS ALAMOS, N.M. — A “culture of theft” at Los Alamos National Laboratory costs taxpayers millions of dollars each year and endangers national security, according to two investigators recently fired by the laboratory.
TIME
ONLINE
Nuclear
Terror: No Entry
Monday, Dec. 16,
2002
How concerned is the government that a terrorist could smuggle nuclear material into the U.S.? Concerned enough that the U.S. Customs Service is quietly installing new technology to better detect radiation at mail facilities, airports, seaports, rail yards and across the U.S. border. The new "radiation-portal-detection systems," costing $100,000 to $150,000 apiece, will supplement current technology, which consists of radiation "pagers" worn on the belts of customs personnel. ..................
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