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Police drop bombshellat nuclear conference
PS News 29 Sept 08 The Australian Federal Police were successful in getting a special session on nuclear forensics included in the recent annual conference of the Australasian Radiation Protection Society, the first time in the Society’s 33-year history.
Radiological expert at the AFP’s Chemical, Biological, Radiological and Nuclear Data Centre (CBRNDC), Dr George Koperski said nuclear forensics had become increasingly important in the face of world concern about the proliferation of nuclear weapons and weapons of mass destruction.
“As a scientific discipline, nuclear forensics can assist law enforcement agencies around the world in the fight against the illicit trafficking of chemical, biological, radiological and nuclear materials which may be used by terrorists in ‘dirty bombs’ or for other criminal purposes,” Dr Koperski said………………………..Dr Koperski said CBRNDC’s mission was to enhance Australia’s capability to prevent, prepare and respond to malicious use of chemical, biological, radiological and nuclear agents.

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October 1, 2008 - Posted by Christina Macpherson | safety