Re: 'Dirty Bomb' Was Major New Year's Worry

[Kai Kaletsch <eic@shaw.ca>]

Gerry Blackwood wrote: "...they are looking for a neutron signature, as you

would find in spent fuel, weapons-grade plutonium..."



If that is a statement of fact, then the government must know something

about the availability of these materials that they are not sharing with us.

As someone else mentioned, the obvious candidates for a dirty bomb are all

gamma emitters. So, if the government is ignoring gamma emitters and is only

looking for neutrons ... (you fill in the blank!)



I said it before and I'll say it again: The decision to exclude citizens

from civil defense was a bad one. If there is someone running around with a

bunch of spent fuel or enough Pu to make an effective dirty bomb, then the

public should know!



Kai



----- Original Message ----- 

From: "Gerry Blackwood" <gpblackwood@justice.com>

To: <k.merritt@larc.nasa.gov>

Cc: <radsafe@list.vanderbilt.edu>

Sent: Thursday, January 08, 2004 9:32 AM

Subject: Re: 'Dirty Bomb' Was Major New Year's Worry





> Kim is right, they are looking for a neutron signature,

> as you  would find in spent fuel, weapons-grade

> plutonium, and certain weapons-initiator materials. The

> instruments are very sensitive.

>

> Gerry Blackwood

>

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