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dirty bomb stories: 3 news summaries

Wanted: Small Amounts of Plutonium

US agency ferrets out unused radioactive sources

Mar 3, 09 3:47 PM CST
(Newser) - The country is crawling with unused radioactive material, and it’s up to the little-known National Nuclear Security Administration to dispose of it, the Los Angeles Times reports. They're not after warheads, but small amounts of plutonium used in medical and technological pursuits in more than 130 countries, as... More »

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medicine • security • dirty bomb • uranium • plutonium • radioactive isotopes • National Nuclear Security Administration

New Drug Protects Body From Radiation

Promising treatment has potential medical, military applications

Apr 11, 08 2:15 PM CDT
(Newser) - A promising new drug that protects animals from damaging radiation is ready for clinical trials in humans, the BBC reports. The drug interferes with the protein that ordinarily causes cell suicide in the presence of radiation, meaning it could be useful in treating cancer patients undergoing radiation as well as... More »

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cancer • medicine • medical breakthrough • science • cancer treatment • radiation • dirty bomb • apoptosis

Padilla Guilty of Aiding Terrorism

Dirty-bomb suspect faces life after 3-year detention

Aug 16, 07 1:36 PM CDT
(Newser) - A US District Court convicted Jose Padilla, a US citizen once suspected in a dirty-bomb plot, of conspiring to commit terrorism abroad by providing aid to Islamic extremists. Padilla, a former Guantanamo detainee who became symbolic of the Bush administration's aggressive legal arguments for detaining suspected terrorists, was not charged... More »

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terrorism • Jose Padilla • trial • Guantanamo Bay • conviction • conspiracy • terrorist • Islamic extremism • dirty bomb • Patriot Act • al-Qaeda

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