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Authorities Drill at MIT for Dirty Bomb Material Theft

Aug. 20, 2010

Federal, state and local agencies yesterday responded to a simulated attempt by extremists to seize radioactive cobalt from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology for use in a radiological "dirty bomb," the Boston Globe reported (see GSN, Aug. 11).

GSN Article | Bio-Preparedness and Response, Global Threat Reduction Initiative, Highly Enriched Uranium, Preparedness and Response, Chemical, Preparedness and Response, Nuclear, Preparedness and Response, Radiological, Radiological Dispersal Devices, Radiological/Radioactive Materials, Terrorism
Drill Tests Law Enforcement's Ability to Respond to Nuclear Threat

Aug. 25, 2010

WASHINGTON -- The National Nuclear Security Administration is turning to technology to help train law enforcement officials on how to respond to terrorist threats involving hazardous materials (see GSN, Aug. 20).

GSN Article | Global Threat Reduction Initiative, Nuclear Smuggling and Materials Trafficking, Preparedness and Response, Radiological, Radiological Dispersal Devices, Radiological/Radioactive Materials, Terrorism
U.S. Helps Mongolia Prepare for Radiological Incident

Aug. 26, 2010

The U.S. National Nuclear Security Administration said today it had provided training to Mongolian authorities on the response to a potential terrorist strike against a site that holds nuclear or radiological materials (see GSN, Nov. 14, 2008).

GSN Article | Global Threat Reduction Initiative, Nuclear Smuggling and Materials Trafficking, Radiological/Radioactive Materials
Senior Lawmaker Says U.S. Unprepared for “Dirty Bomb” Attack

Oct. 13, 2010

WASHINGTON -- The United States does not have the tools needed to reclaim an area impacted by a terrorist attack involving a radiological "dirty bomb," an influential lawmaker said here yesterday (see GSN, Sept. 23).

GSN Article | Global Threat Reduction Initiative, Highly Enriched Uranium, Plutonium, Radiological Dispersal Devices, Radiological/Radioactive Materials, Terrorism
Ukraine, U.S. Safeguard Vulnerable Radiological Sources

Dec. 14, 2010

More than 3,900 radiological sources have been removed from a disused Ukrainian industrial site and relocated at a secure storage facility that was brought online in May, the U.S. National Nuclear Security Administration announced yesterday (see GSN, April 23).

GSN Article | Global Threat Reduction Initiative, Industrial Use of Radioactive Materials, Radiological/Radioactive Materials
Lax Security Seen at Yemeni Atomic Site

Dec. 20, 2010

Yemen's primary cache of radioactive materials is poorly secured and vulnerable to seizure by militants, a leaked U.S. State Department cable from earlier this year quoted a high-level Yemeni official as saying (see GSN, Dec. 9).

GSN Article | Agricultural Use of Radioactive Materials, Global Threat Reduction Initiative, Highly Enriched Uranium, Industrial Use of Radioactive Materials, Medical Use of Radioactive Materials, Nuclear Smuggling and Materials Trafficking, Radiological Dispersal Devices, Radiological/Radioactive Materials, Terrorism
Budget Resolution Hurts Obama’s Nonproliferation Goals, Study Asserts

Feb. 3, 2011

WASHINGTON -- The short-term continuing budget resolution approved by the U.S. Congress last December undercuts programs crucial to President Obama's goal of securing the world's loose nuclear materials, according to a recent analysis by a nongovernment organization (see GSN, Dec. 23, 2010).

GSN Article | Cooperative Threat Reduction, Nuclear, Global Threat Reduction Initiative, Highly Enriched Uranium, ICBMs, Low Enriched Uranium, Nuclear Nonproliferation, Arms Control, Disarmament, Reactor Conversion, Research Reactors, SLBMs, Submarines
NNSA Secures Disused Radiological Device

March 29, 2011

The U.S. National Nuclear Security Administration on Monday said it had secured an unwanted piece of medical equipment that held roughly 3,000 curies of radioactive cesium 137, in accordance with efforts to prevent acts of nuclear or radiological terrorism (see GSN, March 22).

GSN Article | Global Threat Reduction Initiative, Radiological Terrorism
Netherlands Donates to U.S. Anti-Dirty Bomb Effort

May 5, 2011

The Netherlands on Wednesday agreed to provide $500,000 to an effort by the U.S. National Nuclear Security Administration to secure material in Kazakhstan that could be used for a radiological "dirty bomb," (see GSN, March 29).

GSN Article | Global Threat Reduction Initiative, Nuclear Security Summit, Radiological Dispersal Devices, Radiological/Radioactive Materials, Terrorism
International Partners to Discuss Removing Radiological Materials From Lighthouses

May 25, 2011

WASHINGTON -- Nonproliferation officials from around the globe are due to gather in Moscow on Friday to discuss continuing efforts to secure energy sources used to power Soviet-built naval structures, including lighthouses, that could be used in a radiological "dirty bomb," Global Security Newswire has learned (see GSN, March 18).

GSN Article | Global Threat Reduction Initiative, Nuclear Nonproliferation, Arms Control, Disarmament, Preparedness and Response, Nuclear, Radiological Dispersal Devices, Radiological/Radioactive Materials, Terrorism
G-8 Nonproliferation Effort Renewed

May 31, 2011

WASHINGTON -- The leaders of the world's top industrial powers on Friday renewed the mandate of a program intended to prevent terrorists or rogue nations from acquiring weapons of mass destruction (see GSN, March 9.).

GSN Article | Cooperative Threat Reduction, Nuclear, Global Threat Reduction Initiative, Nuclear Nonproliferation, Arms Control, Disarmament, Nuclear Security Summit
Nuclear Security Forum Held in Kazakhstan

June 14, 2011

The United States, the Netherlands and Kazakhstan last week conducted a training workshop that focused on the detection, accounting and transit of radioactive materials inside the Central Asian state, the U.S. National Nuclear Security Administration announced (see GSN, May 5).

GSN Article | Global Threat Reduction Initiative, Highly Enriched Uranium, Low Enriched Uranium, Plutonium, Preparedness and Response, Radiological, Radiological/Radioactive Materials

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Authorities Drill at MIT for Dirty Bomb Material Theft

Drill Tests Law Enforcement's Ability to Respond to Nuclear Threat

U.S. Helps Mongolia Prepare for Radiological Incident

Senior Lawmaker Says U.S. Unprepared for “Dirty Bomb” Attack

Ukraine, U.S. Safeguard Vulnerable Radiological Sources

Lax Security Seen at Yemeni Atomic Site

Budget Resolution Hurts Obama’s Nonproliferation Goals, Study Asserts

NNSA Secures Disused Radiological Device

Netherlands Donates to U.S. Anti-Dirty Bomb Effort

International Partners to Discuss Removing Radiological Materials From Lighthouses

G-8 Nonproliferation Effort Renewed

Nuclear Security Forum Held in Kazakhstan

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