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dirty bomb

[¦dər·dē ′bäm]

(ordnance)

An explosive based on nuclear fission that emits many long-lived radioactive isotopes.

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This training ensures an understanding of the scientific basis behind the response guidance to dirty bombs.

United States : NNSA helps emergency response partners plan for the First 100 Minutes of a radiological attack

These were unveiled in another Sigma test last year in the form of a (http://www.darpa.mil/news-events/2016-10-11) "whodunit" scavenger radiological hunt that saw a thousand volunteers participate to foil a fictional dirty bomb plot.

DARPA Using Ambulances To Search For Nuclear Radiation In Washington DC

The clandestine group's goal was clear: Obtain the building blocks of a radioactive "dirty bomb" - capable of poisoning a major city for a year or more - by openly purchasing the raw ingredients from authorized sellers inside the United States.

In Dirty Bomb Prevention, Texas Fails a Crucial Test

WASHyNGTON TIMES: ARMENIA'S NUCLEAR MATERIAL CAN BE USED TO ARM DIRTY BOMB

Armenia's Possible Dirty Bomb Threatens Entire Region

President Barack Obama urged world leaders Friday to do more to safeguard nuclear facilities to prevent "madmen" from groups like Daesh (ISIS) from getting their hands on a nuclear weapon or a radioactive "dirty bomb."

'Madmen' must not get nuclear material, Obama warns

It is hard to believe that the Shiite terrorists can develop game-changing poison chemicals and dirty bombs in the heart of Syria, without Russian intelligence noticing what was going on.

Hizbullah Launches Chemicals & Dirty Bombs Program at Secret Syrian Site

A WAVE of high-value manufacturing jobs could be on its way to Teesside after a tech firm's 'dirty bomb' detector win.

US deal for 'dirty bomb' detector

Kromek has produced the D3S, the world's first fully-approved gamma and neutron detector available in volume shipment, a move which sees the firm step up the battle to counter so-called "dirty bomb" terrorism.

Kromek's PS4m 'dirty bomb' detector deal; TECH

TEHRAN (FNA)- Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) fanatics claimed to have constructed a dirty bomb after stealing 40kg of uranium from an Iraqi university.

British Militant Says ISIL has 'Dirty Bomb', amid Claims 40kg of URANIUM Taken from Iraqi University

ISLAMIC State fanatics have built a so-called dirty bomb, it was claimed yesterday.

ISLAMIC STATE: WE HAVE BUILT A DIRTY BOMB; Boasts of a terror threat to Britain EXCLUSIVE

EXCLUSIVE BY NICK DORMAN AND NEIL DOYLE ISLAMIC State fanatics have built a dirty bomb, it was claimed yesterday.

Fanatics: We have built a dirty bomb

Speaking during a dinner hosted by US President Barak Obama on the concluding day of the two-day nuclear security summit, Gilani admitted that the threat of terrorist acts involving 'dirty bombs' are more real than ever and have global dimensions.