Article: 400 containers of radioactive materials stolen in Baghdad

Article: Radioactive materials `stolen by terrorists'
The Independent - London;  May 10, 2001 ;     398 words ... ... TERRORIST groups are making renewed efforts to smuggle radioactive materials to make nuclear bombs, new figures released this week ... there were 20 confirmed cases of illegal trafficking of radioactive materials, with thefts in Germany, Romania, South Africa and ...

Article: Radioactive materials stolen from Bulgarian ...
AP Worldstream;  December 5, 2002 ;     214 words ...00-00-0000 Dateline: SOFIA, Bulgaria Bulgaria's nuclear watchdog agency announced Thursday that equipment containing radioactive material was stolen from an iron smelter. The Agency for Nuclear Regulation said two measurement devices containing Cesium 137 were missing from the Kremikovtzi iron

Article: DEALERS IN RADIOACTIVE MATERIALS PART OF EMERGING ...
Chicago Sun-Times;  December 26, 1992 ;     622 words ... ... machines, clandestine meetings and elaborate undercover "sting" operations all centered on small caches of radioactive materials stolen from former Bloc. Investigators say the smugglers who wind up carrying nuclear material into Europe frequently ...

Nuclear Security: NRC and DHS Need to Take Additional Steps to Better ...
General Accounting Office Reports & Testimony;  August 1, 2008 ;     700+ words ... ... grown that terrorists could use radioactive materials and sealed sources (materials ... Regulatory Commission's (NRC) radioactive materials licensing process and made recommendations ... to improve its ability to track radioactive materials, (3) Customs and Border Protection ...

Article: GOV. RENDELL SIGNS MEASURE STRENGTHENING STATE OVERSIGHT OF MOST ...
US Fed News Service, Including US State News;  March 31, 2008 ;     700+ words ... ... responding to incidents involving radioactive materials, which improves public safety ... will have greater knowledge of the radioactive materials that are being used in Pennsylvania ... respond to incidents involving radioactive materials. Now, these officials will have ...

Article: Governor Rendell Signs Measure Strengthening State Oversight of ...
U.S. Newswire;  March 31, 2008 ;     700+ words ... ... responding to incidents involving radioactive materials, which improves public safety ... will have greater knowledge of the radioactive materials that are being used in Pennsylvania ... respond to incidents involving radioactive materials. Now, these officials will have ...

Article: DHA, Dubai Civil Defence sign MoU for land transportation of ...
WAM - United Arab Emirates News Agency;  September 15, 2009 ;     700+ words ... ... and clinics in Dubai. Medical radioactive materials are supplied to hospitals and clinics ... which use and transport medical radioactive materials were required to seek the permission ... for supply and disposal of these radioactive materials. With the signing of this MoU ...