Dirty Bomb Myths

CBS Evening News with John Roberts;  June 16, 2002 ;     695 words ......ROBERTS (on camera): But would a dirty bomb cause mass death and injury, as the attorney general claims? A dirty bomb is not a nuclear weapon. In...trying to better prepare for a dirty bomb attack. ANDERSON: The key finding...

Experts downplay radiation threat from dirty bomb blast.

Chicago Tribune (via Knight-Ridder/Tribune News Service);  June 10, 2002 ;     700+ words ......Peter Gorner CHICAGO _ A radioactive dirty bomb is a terrorist's dream weapon _ one designed...al-Qaida allegedly plotted to build a dirty bomb, local and federal government agencies...Chicago area from Milwaukee to Gary. A dirty bomb would be relatively easy to make, experts...

Fed: Nuclear expert warns of dirty bomb risk

AAP General News (Australia);  August 29, 2005 ;     350 words ......29-2005 Fed: Nuclear expert warns of dirty bomb risk CANBERRA, Aug 29 AAP - An Australian...cannot get their hands on it to produce a dirty bomb. Ron Cameron, chief of operations at...material could be used in a radiological or dirty bomb. In such a device, conventional explosive...

What is a dirty bomb? ; QA

Evening Standard - London;  November 6, 2006 ;     180 words ...QA What is a dirty bomb? A dirty bomb combines normal explosives (such as dynamite or Semtex) and...reaction. One nuclear bomb could destroy an entire city, while a dirty bomb affects a small area. What would the effects of a dirty bomb...

Study Raises Projection For 'Dirty Bomb' Toll

The Washington Post;  January 13, 2004 ;     672 words ...A well-executed "dirty bomb" attack on a U.S. city could expose hundreds...the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks -- if a large dirty bomb were set off in the heart of New York or Washington. A dirty bomb uses conventional explosives or other means...

`DIRTY BOMB' SPEWS FEAR, EXPERTS ASSERT

Dayton Daily News;  June 11, 2002 ;     194 words ......The first thing to bear in mind about a dirty bomb is that it is not a nuclear explosion...no warhead on a missile. Instead, a dirty bomb - also known as a radiological dispersal...had been arrested noted that using a dirty bomb had not gotten beyond planning stages...

Al-Qaida likely built dirty bomb

Chicago Sun-Times;  February 1, 2003 ;     367 words ......Osama bin Laden's network developing a "dirty" bomb--a conventional bomb that releases a...showing that al-Qaida had built a small dirty bomb at a laboratory in the Afghan city of...British Broadcasting Corp. report on the dirty bomb Thursday, a U.S. official in Washington...

Scientists explain what a "dirty' bomb is, what it takes to make...

Knight Ridder/Tribune News Service;  June 10, 2002 ;     536 words ...WASHINGTON _ In a dirty bomb, terrorists attach radioactive material to run-of-th...or irradiated food preparation systems. But a dirty bomb is far different than a nuclear bomb. When a dirty bomb explodes, the immediate killing comes from the...

Dirty bomb's biggest hazard would be panic, not radiation, experts say

AP Worldstream;  June 10, 2002 ;     497 words ...00-00-0000 Dateline: WASHINGTON A dirty bomb could spread radioactive dust over several...confused with a nuclear explosion, a dirty bomb is a device that uses conventional explosives...with al-Qaida terrorists to detonate a dirty bomb. Officials said the alleged attack was...

German interior minister warns terror attack with dirty bomb a realistic...

AP Worldstream;  January 28, 2006 ;     164 words ......possibility of terrorists' using a radioactive "dirty bomb" was a realistic threat. Wolfgang Schaeuble...agencies had no concrete evidence of any dirty bomb attacks being planned, but said it appeared...longer if there will be an attack with a dirty bomb, but where and when it will ...

Al-Qaida constructed radiological dirty bomb in Afghanistan, report

AP Worldstream;  January 31, 2003 ;     510 words ......crude radiological device known as a dirty bomb in Afghanistan, the British Broadcasting...concluded al-Qaida had constructed a small dirty bomb, not a full blown nuclear device. In...about bin Laden's interest in acquiring a dirty bomb. But the U.S. official said: We have...

Outlook: 'NOVA" tackles the dirty bomb, "Oz" wraps up production

Telegraph - Herald (Dubuque);  February 21, 2003 ;     538 words ...Imagine us in the aftermath of a "dirty bomb" attack: What do we do now? This week...on a major city using a radioactive "dirty bomb" - by addressing such questions as: What exactly is a dirty bomb? How much radiation could it release...

'DIRTY BOMB' CLEANUP DECONTAMINATION WOULD BE TOUGHER THAN WITH ANTHRAX

Rocky Mountain News;  May 3, 2004 ;     402 words ......challenges facing cleanup crews after a "dirty bomb" attack would dwarf the multimillion...dispersal device - better known as a dirty bomb. Daily commerce would grind to a halt...of a Federation of American Scientists dirty-bomb study being released this week at a national...

'DIRTY BOMB' CLEANUP DECONTAMINATION WOULD BE TOUGHER THAN WITH...

Rocky Mountain News (Denver, CO);  May 3, 2004 ;     406 words ......challenges facing cleanup crews after a dirty bomb attack would dwarf the multimillion-dollar...dispersal device - better known as a dirty bomb. Daily commerce would grind to a halt...of a Federation of American Scientists dirty-bomb study being released this week at a national...

Dirty bomb detection: what's hot.(radiological dispersal device)

Law Enforcement Technology;  August 1, 2005 ;     700+ words ......radiological dispersal device (RDD), or dirty bomb, is not hard. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Some experts believe a dirty bomb is no more than an ordinary conventional...Institute. There is a reasonable risk a dirty bomb attack will take place because it...