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cesium-137 dirty bomb

11 June 2002   

 

cesium-137 dirty bomb

How Bad Can a 'Dirty Bomb' Be?. "Some predict the detonation of a radiological weapon would make huge sections of a city uninhabitable for decades, while others' assessments aren't as dire." [Wired News]

 

Apparently, cesium-137 'bonds' to roofs and stuff, so a whole area needs to be abandoned. How big that area is depends on the bomb and the panic.

 Source: Wired News; 11/06/02; 4:46:29 pm.
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