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RE: 'Dirty Bomb' Was Major New Year's Worry
I guess that you were "not in the loop?" The federal
government is playing their cards too close to their
chest.
--- "Sinclair, Michael" <Sinclair@iema.state.il.us>
wrote:
> I doubt it would help much to tell the public about
> such suspicions, but it
> would have been nice if the feds had advised state
> rad protection agencies
> regarding their concerns and activities during the
> holidays. Who were the
> feds going to call if they found something?
> Mike Sinclair
> Illinois EMA-REP
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Sandy Perle [mailto:sandyfl@EARTHLINK.NET]
> Sent: Thursday, January 08, 2004 3:17 PM
> To: Kai Kaletsch; radsafe@list.vanderbilt.edu
> Subject: Re: 'Dirty Bomb' Was Major New Year's Worry
>
>
> On 8 Jan 2004 at 14:39, Kai Kaletsch wrote:
>
> > 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!
>
> I heard an "expert" on TV last night state that food
> irradiators is
> also a target to obtain a source that could be used
> to make a dirty
> bomb. My thoughts on anyone using spent fuel, or
> other high dose rate
> source, such as Co-60 or Cs-137 (high dose
> irradiator) is how they
> are supposed to actually get to the source, shield
> it and then move
> it as easily as the "experts" think they can?
>
> I'll speculate that the primary use of a dirty bomb
> is to cause
> significant emotional stress to a designated
> population. One doesn't
> need a high dose source to do that. A simple nuclear
> medicine package
> that spews "contamination" into a downtown area is
> all that is
> needed. Just look at the fear the public already
> demonstrates, and,
> this is all compounded by government "experts" who
> are simply
> agitating the public with their sometimes ridiculous
> rhetoric!
>
>
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