[ Thursday, July 21, 2005 ]Dirty bomb - don't panicStarbuck [19:10] Comments: 1 [] I don't want to panic you, but it won't be long before someone explodes a "dirty bomb". I really mean that I don't want to panic you unduly, because a Radiological Dispersal Device isn't actually significantly any more dangerous than conventional explosives (which admittedly are not exactly "safe".) An RDD wouldn't cause radiation sickness. The threat would be more long-term. If the area was not decontaminated, the risk of contracting fatal cancer due to long-term exposure would range from the utterly insignificant upwards, depending on the nature of the radioactive material. This would be a major economic problem. For those not caught in the explosion itself, the personal physical risk in the short-term would come from the havoc caused by mass panic. So, should the day come when a dirty bomb is used, there's no need to panic unduly. The "unconventional" factors can be dealt with after the attack. Please don't fear the aftermath. 1 Comment(s):
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