Dirty Bomb

Imagining A Terrorist Attack On LA

The Huffington Post | Kathleen Miles | Posted 04.23.2012

If Los Angeles were to fall victim to a terrorist attack, one of the most likely methods would be a "dirty bomb," USC researcher Adam Rose told The Hu...

The Real Deal With Cesium

Rizwan Ladha | Posted 05.25.2011

Rizwan Ladha

Since cesium can be more easily acquired than uranium or plutonium, it wouldn't be a stretch to imagine a terrorist group acquiring enough to construct a barrage of highly radioactive bombs.

ReThink Interview: Lawrence Bender and Lucy Walker on Countdown to Zero and Nuclear Weapons

Jonathan Kim | Posted 05.25.2011

Jonathan Kim

Why are nuclear weapons so far off our collective radars when they retain the potential to extinguish millions of lives -- if not all life on the planet -- in mere minutes?

Managing Risks in Public Policy: Impact vs. Probability?

Jeff Schweitzer | Posted 05.25.2011

Jeff Schweitzer

Walking barefoot through airport security makes little sense if our ports are unprotected. Let's gather the courage to redirect our resources to risks that are high probability and high impact.

Preparing For A `Nuclear Event' In LA

LA Daily News | Posted 05.25.2011

While the possibility of a nuclear attack in Los Angeles seems almost unthinkable, local officials are inventorying hundreds of old bomb and fallout s...

Biotech Beauty or Biotech Beast?

Dan Dorfman | Posted 05.25.2011

Dan Dorfman

Cleveland BioLabs keeps getting more and more government money. Will they ever bring their anti-radiation drug to market?

New York Dirty Bomb Security: Police Get Radiation Detectors

Reuters | Posted 05.25.2011

Thousands of additional law enforcement officers within 50 miles (80 km) of New York City will have access to radiation detectors for dirty bombs and ...

Planning for Nuclear Terrorism as Well as the Flu

Arnold Bogis | Posted 05.25.2011

Arnold Bogis

Local officials should not delude themselves into thinking that existing plans for responding to dirty bombs can be simply expanded to deal with nuclear terrorism.

Pay No Attention to the Man Buying All that Cesium

Ross Hyzer | Posted 05.25.2011

Ross Hyzer

Millionaire white supremacist James "Jimmy Spooge" Cummings was so upset about a mulatto being elected President that he set about making a dirty bomb in his house in Maine.

Hospitals' Nuclear Waste Problems Pose A Security Threat For US

AP | SEANNA ADCOX | Posted 05.25.2011

BARNWELL, S.C. — Tubes, capsules and pellets of used radioactive material are piling up in the basements and locked closets of hospitals and res...