The amount is too small to make a nuclear bomb, agency spokesman Victor Dricks said, but could be used to make a
dirty bomb to spread radioactive contamination.
TEHRAN (FNA)- ISIL terrorists nearly stumbled on the main ingredient for a '
dirty bomb' when they overran Mosul in 2014, a new report said.
EDT- The Coast Guard in South Carolina confirmed they found no threat at Charleston Port after claims of a ship containing a "
dirty bomb" were made on videos posted on YouTube, Thursday.
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.
WASHyNGTON TIMES: ARMENIA'S NUCLEAR MATERIAL CAN BE USED TO ARM
DIRTY BOMBPresident 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."
It may not be an actual atom bomb -- which would call for multimillion dollar investment, expertise and time, "only" a "
dirty bomb" (essentially a conventional bomb mixed with radioactive material).
A WAVE of high-value manufacturing jobs could be on its way to Teesside after a tech firm's '
dirty bomb' detector win.
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.
"The material is classed as a Category 2 radioactive source by the IAEA, meaning that if not managed properly it could cause permanent injury to a person in close proximity to it for minutes or hours, and could be fatal to someone exposed for a period of hours to days," reports Reuters." Large quantities of Ir-192 have gone missing before in the United States, Britain and other countries, stoking fears among security officials that it could be used to make a
dirty bomb." The article explains that a
dirty bomb causes contamination rather than a nuclear explosion.
COUNTER-terror officers are desperately hunting for stolen radioactive material amid fears Islamic State could use it to make a lethal
dirty bomb.