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Feedback - 6 minutes audio video on the Seattle's drill.



To colleagues out of USA (or not) -  Feedback - 6 minutes audio video on the Seattle's drill.
look at

http://www.komoradio.com/stories/24750.htm

'Our First Responders Did An Outstanding Job'
By KOMO Staff & News Services

SEATTLE - A flash from a "dirty" bomb sent a plume of radioactivity across the city Monday - but it was only a test, the start of a five-day national bioterrorism exercise for hundreds of emergency workers.

The mock explosion, the first event in the drill, occurred in a car in industrial south Seattle. The staged scene, covering several acres, featured smashed cars and buses, ruined buildings, scattered debris and spot fires.

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For instance, while Seattle responders knew a radiological device would be "exploding," they didn't know what isotopes would be present.

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I didn't have yet details about the dirty bomb -The Canadian Scenario : Radiological Dispersal - Weapon in Downtown Montreal  was used Am-241 (T 1/2 458 years) – activity 3700 GBq (100 Ci, 30 g). I have the complete doc pdf about 7 MB and I can send to all colleagues interested in.

Jose de Julio Rozental
Israel