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

["Gerry Blackwood" <gpblackwood@justice.com>]

"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!)"



Lets see......I do not want to get into any details so

lets stay on what is known on the record. The material

that I believe most concerns the USG and most any other

government is HEU. Without a 233u tag to brighten the

signature its detection is very difficult. The old

Soviet Republic are loaded with this material, like to

the tune of about 410 metric tons of which is not very

secure. As far as the detectors are concerned yes, the

teams are using both neutron and gamma. As far as the

security is concerned we call it, "Security Theater".

The fact is the USG and many other governments need to

do a heck of a lot better in this arena.



" 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!"



As far as the citizens are concerned. There is a pro

and a very big con here. Heck most people think

asbestos is very dangerous element. No, I think

education is a key here, but I will add that the USG

should be reaching out to industry professionals, they

do not have the equipment nor the manpower to deal with

something like this. 



As far as First Responders are concerned. Start

screaming otherwise your basically screwed.



To give you an idea of the problem;



http://www.nti.org/e_research/cnwm/overview/report.asp





Gerry Blackwood



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