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Nation at risk from ‘dirty bomb’ | The Australian

Nation at risk from ‘dirty bomb’
THE AUSTRALIAN Cameron Stewart | October 27, 2008 AUSTRALIA’S proximity to the hotbeds of terrorism in Asia places it at greater risk of a biological terror attack, one of the US’s leading biosecurity experts has warned…………………..

“The biggest gap in preparations by the US and in the rest of the world is in dealing with a so-called dirty bomb (which disperses deadly radioactive material).

“If a dirty bomb were set off near the White House, it would make a five-block radius unlivable for many years. We are not yet ready to deal with something like that.”……………………

Plans have been made to establish deployable mortuary services within Australia capable of managing up to 5000 fatalities in any one event.

Experts say terrorists could construct and detonate a dirty bomb by stealing or buying radioactive material on the global black market.

Nation at risk from ‘dirty bomb’ | The Australian

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October 27, 2008 - Posted by Christina Macpherson | weapons and war