Experts downplay radiation threat from dirty bomb blast.

Chicago Tribune (via Knight-Ridder/Tribune News Service);  June 10, 2002 ;     700+ words ......A radioactive dirty bomb is a terrorist...deadly than the radioactive material it spreads, including...plotted to build a dirty bomb, local and federal...experts say. Radioactive material from any source...than 2 million radioactive devices, tools...threat ...

Dirty Bomb Would Mostly Cause Panic

AP Online;  June 10, 2002 ;     384 words ......to disperse radioactive material. While a nuclear...security _ a dirty bomb probably would...enough for a dirty bomb. But critics...small amount of radioactive material, if properly...use of stolen radioactive material to fashion such...opposed to a ...

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

AP Worldstream;  June 10, 2002 ;     384 words ......to disperse radioactive material. While a nuclear...security _ a dirty bomb probably would...enough for a dirty bomb. But critics...small amount of radioactive material, if properly...use of stolen radioactive material to fashion such...opposed to a ...

'Dirty bomb' gear ready; Police, fire crews 'in good shape'.(METROPOLITAN)

The Washington Times;  June 14, 2002 ;     697 words ......explode a dirty bomb - an explosive...would spread radioactive material - might have...what type of radioactive material is used in the bomb. A dirty bomb is a relatively...detonated, the radioactive material is sprayed...While a dirty bomb ...

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-the-...the needed radioactive material from medical...systems. But a dirty bomb is far different...Chernobyl, a dirty bomb will produce radioactive material that's ...

Fed: Nuclear expert warns of dirty bomb risk

AAP General News (Australia);  August 29, 2005 ;     350 words ......Nuclear expert warns of dirty bomb risk CANBERRA, Aug...nuclear expert says radioactive material owned by private companies...on it to produce a dirty bomb. Ron Cameron, chief...is used to disperse radioactive material, causing contamination...there hadn't yet been a ...

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

AP Worldstream;  June 10, 2002 ;     497 words ......Dateline: WASHINGTON A dirty bomb could spread radioactive dust over several...nuclear explosion, a dirty bomb is a device that uses...explosives to disperse radioactive material. The explosion could...terrorists to detonate a dirty bomb. Officials said ...

Attack With Dirty Bomb More Likely, Officials Say

The Washington Post;  December 29, 2004 ;     400 words ......not destruction, a dirty bomb -- which uses conventional...explosives to spread radioactive material -- causes far fewer...experts consider a dirty-bomb attack more likely...bomb that spews the radioactive material and radiation across...sources to build a dirty ...

`DIRTY BOMB' SPEWS FEAR, EXPERTS ASSERT

Dayton Daily News;  June 11, 2002 ;     194 words ......to bear in mind about a dirty bomb is that it is not a nuclear...on a missile. Instead, a dirty bomb - also known as a radiological...conventional explosion to propel radioactive material into the air. Think of...arrested noted that using a dirty bomb had not gotten ...

Dirty Bomb Myths

CBS Evening News with John Roberts;  June 16, 2002 ;     695 words ......a so-called dirty bomb in the United...Cover -- the dirty bomb, fact and fiction...radioactive dirty bomb involves exploding...over): The dirty bomb menace was...also spreads radioactive material that is highly...But would a dirty bomb ...

Huge rise in seizures of material for 'dirty bomb'.

The Evening Standard (London, England);  October 6, 2006 ;     458 words ......seizures of smuggled radioactive materials - which could...to make a terrorist dirty bomb - have doubled in four...equipment as a source of radioactive material. Investigators believe...remain vulnerable. Such radioactive material can be used to make a dirty ...

Defense sought against 'dirty bomb'

The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel;  March 11, 2003 ;     642 words ......sought against 'dirty bomb' Session opens...world's first "dirty bomb" conference, searching...protected. A so-called dirty bomb -- conventional...combined with radioactive material -- has yet to...acknowledge the dirty-bomb threat was rarely...orphaned" ...

U.S. seeks other plotters 'Dirty bomb' fear adds to push for new security...

International Herald Tribune;  June 12, 2002 ;     700+ words ......radioactive ''dirty bomb'' in the United...intended to steal radioactive material from a U.S...been set. A ''dirty bomb'' spreads radioactivity...explosive with radioactive material. Ashcroft's...killed in a ''dirty bomb'' attack might...planned to ...

The dirty bomb: management of victims Of radiological weapons.(Best...

MedSurg Nursing;  December 1, 2003 ;     700+ words ......in designing a dirty bomb, its manufacture...small amount of radioactive material. Filling a backpack...small amounts of radioactive material and would provide...radiation for a small dirty bomb (Harris, 2002...the amount of radioactive material packed ...

DIRTY BOMB THREAT: Target America: the simple device for causing an...

The Independent - London;  June 11, 2002 ;     700+ words ......detonating a "dirty bomb". As we learnt...to obtain. The radioactive material can be packed...terms here. A dirty bomb is not a nuclear...Certainly, if the radioactive material used was weapons-gra...lingering low-level radioactive contamination...the idea of a ...