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This page provides links to
government agencies, professional associations and research organizations,
educational institutions, commercial firms that provide services,
information, or products in the field of radiological terrorism. In
addition, the bottom of the page has links that provide information on
publications and news articles about radiological terrorism. There
are also links about "dirty bombs".
Government Agencies and Radiological
Terrorism.
National
Nuclear Security Administration.
Armed
Forces Radiobiology Research Institute.
Bioterrorism.
U.S. Department of Health & Human Services.
Defense Nuclear Facilities
Safety Board (DNFSB).
Defense Threat Reduction
Agency (DTRA).
Facility and Nuclear Safety. U.S. Department of Energy
Environmental, Safety and Health.
Nuclear
Security and Safeguards. Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Oak Ridge
Institute for Science and Education.
Ready.Gov
Radiation Threat Information.
Radiation
Incidents. Emergency Management Strategic Healthcare Group,
Veterans Health Administration.
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Professional Associations, Institutes, Organizations, and Societies and
Radiological Terrorism.
American Nuclear Society.
Institute of Nuclear
Materials Management (INMM).
International Commission on
Radiological Protection (ICRP).
International Radiation
Protection Association (IRPA).
National Mass Fatalities
Institute.
Nuclear
Energy Institute.
Nuclear Threat Initiative.
World Nuclear
Association.
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Educational Institutions, Colleges, and Universities.
Nuclear
Terrorism. Institute for Biosecurity, Saint Louis University
School of Public Health.
Radiological
Terrorism. Institute for Biosecurity, Saint Louis University
School of Public Health.
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Firms and Businesses Offering Training in
Radiological Terrorism Defense.
Radiation
Safety Academy.
Weapons of
Mass Destruction First Responders.
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Radiation By Subject.
How Can Exposure to Radiation be Minimized? U.S. Nuclear
Regulatory Commission (NRC).
Multi-Agency Radiation Survey & Site Investigation Manual (MARSSIM).
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
Nuclear Blast Mapper. The American Experience, Race for the
Superbomb. Public Broadcasting System (PBS).
Radiation Emergencies. Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention (CDC).
Radiation Glossary. U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
Types of Radiation. U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
What Is Radiation? U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
What is Radiation? U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
Understanding Radiation & Radioactivity. Atomic Weapons
Establishment of United Kingdom (AWE).
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Radiological Terrorism
Publications.
Chemical/Biological/Radiological
Incident Handbook (October 1998). Interagency Intelligence
Committee on Terrorism.
"Disaster
Preparedness for Radiology Professionals". A Response to
Radiological Terrorism. ACR Disaster Planning Task Force.
American College of Radiology. (Acrobat Reader PDF file).
"Handbook on the Medical Aspects of NBC Defensive Operations".
FM 8-9., Department of Defense. Located on
www.nbc-med.org.
"Nuclear
Security: NNSA Needs to Better Manage Its Safeguards and Security
Program". GAO Report on Nuclear Security oversight by the
National Nuclear Security Administration. May 2003.
"Nuclear War Survival
Skills". Oregon Institute of Science and Medicine (OISM).
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"Dirty Bombs"
"Fact
Sheet on Dirty Bombs". U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission
(NRC). March 2003.
"Dirty
Bombs". Terrorism: Questions & Answers. Council
on Foreign Relations.
"Dirty
Bombs: Response to a Threat". FAS Public Interest
Report. The Journal of the Federation of American Scientists.
March/April 2002.
"Dirty
Bombs". CNN.com.
"Terrorist
'Dirty Bombs': A Brief Primer". CRS Report for
Congress. FAS. (Acrobat Reader pdf file
)
"Nuclear
Attack: What Is It?" Fact sheet from the National Academies
and the U.S. Department of Homeland Security. (Acrobat Reader pdf file
)
"Radiological
Attack: Dirty Bombs and Other Devices". Fact sheet from the
National Academies and the U.S. Department of Homeland Security. (Acrobat Reader pdf file
)
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News Articles About Radiological
Terrorism.
December 5, 2004. "How
to avert a dirty bomb attack". Indianapolis Star Online.
August 11, 2004. "FDA
approves medicines to combat dirty bombs". MSNBC News.
July 22, 2004. "Suitcase
Nukes". Military.com.
May 27, 2004. "Terror's
chill summer wind: Threat of 'dirty' bombs leads US to fund global
radioactive cleanup". The Christian Science Monitor.
May 27, 2004. "US
plan to beat dirty bombs". The Guardian.
June 25, 2003. "Security
Beefed Up at Nuke Labs". CBSNEWS.com.
June 10, 2003. "The
Dirty Bomb Scenario". Time Online Edition.
June 10, 2003. "What
Is a Dirty Bomb? A Terrorist's Weapon of Choice: Easily Made,
Spreads Fear". ABC News.
January 29, 2003. "Suitcase
Bomb". Description of small nuclear weapons that terrorists
may try to employ. Fox News.
Nov 6, 2002. "How
Dangerous are "Dirty Bombs"?" Tufts E-News, Tufts
University.
March, 2002. "Dirty
Bombs" Much More Likely to Create Fear than Cause Cancer:
Radiation Effects from Such Devices Likely to Be too Low to Calculate,
Health Physicist Says". American Institute of Physics.
Nov 7, 2001. "Are
U.S. Nuclear Sites Safe"? Tufts E-News, Tufts University.
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