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Recommendations for victim survivability assessment methodology based on the Manchester Arena Bombing Inquiry. [PDF]

open access: yesForensic Sci Int Synerg
Ballard M   +5 more
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Negotiating the draft Radiological Weapons Convention

Adelphi Series, 2016
Relations between the United States and Russia today are beset by rivalry in almost every sphere, and mutual suspicion reigns. Both parties have shunned arms-reduction talks and are pursuing nuclear modernisation programmes; a new nuclear arms race looms.
Sarah Bidgood   +2 more
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Weapons of mass destruction: radiological, biological and chemical weapons

2018
Key themes • Weapons of mass destruction (WMDs) are treated as distinct from ‘conventional’ weapons, and their stockpiling and use are particularly controversial. • WMDs are divided into four general types: radiological, biological, chemical and nuclear weapons.
David Jordan   +5 more
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Prohibition of radiological weapons

open access: closed, 1976
There are, in pr in c ipl e , two methods of conducting radiological warfare. One involves the use of so-called “dirty” nuclear weapons, that is, maximizing the radioactive effects of a nuclear weapon explosion so as to augment the immediate damage caused by blast, heat and initial radiation by increasing the radioactive fall-out which would present a ...
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Antioxidants as a Bio-shield Against Radiological Weapons

2013
There are two types of radiological weapon, “dirty bomb,” and nuclear weapon (atom bomb). A dirty bomb can be made from one or more commercially available radioactive isotopes and it can be detonated using a conventional explosive, whereas an atom bomb consists of fissionable element, and it requires complex procedures for detonation.
K. Prasad
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Introduction to Biological, Chemical, Nuclear, and Radiological Weapons: With a Review of Their Historical Use

open access: closed, 2003
History will record 2001 as a watershed year for the role of organized medicine in the national response to terrorism. Significant terrorist events on U.S. soil, highlighted by the use of explosive weapons and biological agents, has heightened concern for future widespread use of chemical, biological, radiological, nuclear, and explosive materials. The
Clinton K. Murray
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