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Re: Sweden says its nuclear waste may be terror hazard
Dear Colleagues,
It is impressive this information.
IAEA states: "What is needed is cradle-to-grave control of powerful
radioactive sources to protect them against terrorism or theft," says IAEA
Director General Mohamed ElBaradei."
"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,"
Of coarse we can't believe Sweden is one of the these100 countries, however
what I can believe and to affirm is to get initial results dealing with
these 100 countries is only using experience + creativity in good scale.
Experience to understand the problems and difficulties of each Regulatory
Authority to implement measures and procedures and Creativity to find and to
transmit to who's who in the Government the Safety and now Security Culture
toward the IAEA's intention to strengthen their capabilities to control and
regulate radioactive sources."
Jose Julio Rozental
joseroze@netvision.net.il
Israel
General coordinator to Respond the Radiological Emergency in Goiania
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From: "Sandy Perle" <sandyfl@EARTHLINK.NET>
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Sent: Tuesday, January 06, 2004 6:36 PM
Subject: Sweden says its nuclear waste may be terror hazard
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> Sweden says its nuclear waste may be terror hazard
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> Sweden says its nuclear waste may be terror hazard
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> STOCKHOLM (Reuters) - Sweden, home to 11 nuclear power reactors,
> should tighten security measures to prevent nuclear waste being
> stolen for terror purposes, a government research agency said Monday.
>
> After the Sept. 11 attacks in the United States, the risk of
> guerrillas getting hold of material to make a "dirty bomb" has
> increased, the Swedish Defense Research Agency said in a report
> commissioned by the national Nuclear Power Inspectorate.
>
> A dirty bomb is an explosive device to which radioactive material has
> been attached to increase destruction.
>
> Sweden's current safety rules, aimed at protecting people from
> radiation, were not were tight enough to stop the theft of
> radioactive materials, a team of researchers at the agency said.
>
> "Sweden should introduce stricter requirements for the physical
> protection of...radioactive materials," the researchers said in a
> summary of their report published in the inspectorate's quarterly
> publication Nucleus.
>
> The September 11 and subsequent terror attacks showed that risk of
> exposure to radiation was no longer a sufficient deterrent to
> guerrillas trying to acquire radioactive materials, the agency said.
>
> Spent nuclear fuel and other atomic waste are currently stored at two
> separate sites in Sweden. The country's border controls lack
> equipment for the detection of hazardous radioactive materials, the
> agency said.
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