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How Radiological Weapons Work

2021
On May 8, 2002 Jose Padilla was arrested in Chicago under suspicion that Padilla was planning on constructing and setting off a radiological dispersal device (RDD)—colloquially known as a “dirty bomb.” While Padilla was not charged with this crime, he was tried and found guilty of conspiring to commit murder and to fund terrorism in August, 2007—and ...
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New weapons of mass destruction; radiological weapons

1989
The possibility that new weapons of mass destruction might emerge was taken into account by the Commission for Conventional Armaments in 1948, when it defined such weapons as including “atomic explosive weapons, radioactive material weapons, lethal chemical and biological weapons, and any weapons developed in the future which have characteristics ...
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Radiologic Signs of Weapons and Munitions: How Will Noncombatants Recognize Them?

American Journal of Roentgenology, 2010
The purpose of this work was to show the radiologic signs named after weapons and munitions along with their military counterparts to help radiologists recognize these signs, which will allow confident interpretation and diagnosis.Numerous pathologic conditions have classic radiologic manifestations that resemble weapons and ammunition.
Jason Clement   +4 more
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An assessment on levels of radionuclides and trace metals and radiological risk to marine biota in the North-Eastern Mediterranean Sea

The European Physical Journal Special Topics, 2023
İdris Koraltan   +7 more
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ESTIMATES OF RADIOLOGICAL RISK FROM DEPLETED URANIUM WEAPONS IN WAR SCENARIOS

Health Physics, 2002
Several weapons used during the recent conflict in Yugoslavia contain depleted uranium, including missiles and armor-piercing incendiary rounds. Health concern is related to the use of these weapons, because of the heavy-metal toxicity and radioactivity of uranium.
DURANTE, MARCO, PUGLIESE, MARIAGABRIELLA
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Radionuclides in marine sediment

Pure and Applied Chemistry
Most contaminants in the sea originate from land sources. Radionuclides in sea water are transported by sea currents. Marine sediment is a physical trap for pollutants that are introduced to the environment and play an important role in radiological ...
Fani Sakellariadou
semanticscholar   +1 more source

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