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“Dirty Bombs”

“Dirty Bombs”. Biology 1114. What is a Dirty Bomb?. An Explosive designed to spread Radioactive material Also known as Radiological Dispersal Device (RDD) Combines a conventional explosive with radioactive material Example: Dynamite. BOOM!. Dirty Bomb.

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“Dirty Bombs”

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  1. “Dirty Bombs” Biology 1114

  2. What is a Dirty Bomb? • An Explosive designed to spread Radioactive material • Also known as Radiological Dispersal Device (RDD) • Combines a conventional explosive with radioactive material • Example: Dynamite BOOM!

  3. Dirty Bomb • Usually Built if unable to create a Nuclear Bomb • Cruder and Cheaper than a Nuclear Bomb • Doesn’t have same explosive damage.

  4. Dirty Bomb Materials • Many types of Radioactive material could be used. • Plutonium • Uranium • Nuclear Fuel • Strontium 90 • Cesium 137

  5. Other Materials • Also Medical Supplies • Radium • Only takes a Measuring Cup’s Worth • Wouldn’t cause severe damage in a wide area

  6. Impact of a Dirty Bomb POW!!!

  7. Impact of a Dirty Bomb (cont’d) • Nothing like a nuclear weapon • “Weapon of Mass Disruption”…not “Destruction” • Act of explosion has a more instant effect than the radioactive material • Most do not have enough radioactive material to kill or cause severe illness

  8. Impact (cont’d) • Certain radioactive materials could contaminate several city blocks • Requires a costly cleanup • Installs fear and panic (!!!!!)

  9. Factors of impact • Size of the explosive • Amount of radioactive material • Type of radioactive material • Material used • Condition of the weather

  10. Sources of Rad. material Radioactive materials are used in: • Hospitals • Research facilities • Industrial & construction sites

  11. Controlling the source • Control measures have been tightened since 9/11

  12. Risks of Exposure • Risks of receiving cancer is small • Exposure to the radioactive source is for a short period of time

  13. What to do afterwards…. • GET AWAY FROM THE AREA!!! • Get inside • Remove clothing…for testing purposes • Take a shower (dust n’ dirt containing rad. material) (all of these steps will reduce rad. Exposure)

  14. History of Use

  15. History (cont’d) • 1995: rebels from Chechnya planted…but did not detonate a dirty bomb; took place in Moscow • Man in London pleaded guilty with the intent to kill innocent people by the means of a Dirty Bomb (target: underground car parks)

  16. Works Cited • United States Nuclear Regulatory Commission • Wikimedia Foundation, Inc.

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