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5 How Radiological Weapons Work
References
1. Considine R (1964) The long and illustrious career of general Douglas MacArthur. Fawcett
Publications, New York City
2. Eng RR (2002) Medical countermeasures: planning against radiological and nuclear threats.
Health Phys Soc Midyear Meet, San Antonio TX, USA
3. Fagenson Z (2014, Sept 9) U.S. Judge re-sentences Jose Padilla to 21 years on terrorism charges.
Reuters
4. Ferguson CD. (2019) Past Illegal Attempts to Obtain Radiological Weapons. Presentation to
Radiological Security: Scientific Approaches to Risk Assessment and Practicable Solutions.
Russia-USEurope Workshop, Moscow Russia. December 3 2019
5. Federation of American Scientists (1998) Radiological weapons. https://fas.org/nuke/guide/
iraq/other/radiological.htm. Accessed 8 Nov 2020
6. Ford J (1998) Radiological dispersal devices: assessing the transnational threat. Strateg Forum
136:1–3
7. Harper F, Musolino S (2007) Realistic radiological dispersal devices hazard boundaries and
ramifications for early consequence management decisions. Health Phys 93(1):1–16
8. Harrison J, Fell T, Leggett R, Lloyd D, Puncher M, Youngman M (2017) The polonium-210
poisoning of Mr. Alexander Litvinenko. J Radiol Prot 37:1(266–280)
9. Harrison J, Smith T, Fell T, Ham G, Haylock R, Hodgson A, Etherington G (2017) Collateral
contamination concomitant to the polonium-210 poisoning of Mr. Alexander Litvinenko. J
Radiol Prot 37(4):837–851
10. Institute of Medicine Committee on R&D Needs for Improving Civilian Medical Response
to Chemical and Biological Terrorism Incidents (1999) Recognizing covert exposure in a
population in chemical and biological terrorism: research and development to improve civilian
medical response. National Academies Press (US), Washington (DC)
11. International Atomic Energy Agency (2006) Combating illicit trafficking in nuclear and other
radioactive material. IAEA nuclear security series No. 6. International Atomic Energy Agency
Vienna 2007
12. International Commission on Radiation Protection (2008) Nuclear decay data for dosimetric
calculations. ICRP Publication 107. Ann ICRP 38(3)
13. Langewische W (2008) The atomic bazaar: dispatches from the underground of nuclear
trafficking. Farrar, Straus and Giroux, New York City
14. National Council on Radiation Protection and Measurements (2009) Report No. 161,
Management of persons contaminated with radioactivity, vol 1. NCRP, Bethesda MD
15. New York Times (1982, Feb 24) Contamination of two is called deliberate
16. New York Times (1995, Oct 11) Radioactive poisoning alleged
17. NOVA (2003) Dirty Bomb Transcript available online at https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/tra
nscripts/3007_dirtybom.html. Accessed 9 Nov 2020
18. Salama S, Hansell L (2005) Does intent equal capability? Al-Qaeda and weapons of mass
destruction. Nonproliferation Rev 12:3(615:653)
19. US Atomic Energy Commission (1974) Regulatory guide 1.86, termination of operating
licenses for nuclear reactors
20. US Department of Justice (2016, Dec 19) New York man sentenced to 30 years for plot to kill
Muslims
21. US Environmental Protection Agency (1993) Federal guidance Report No. 12: external
exposure to radionuclides in air, water, and soil. Governmental Printing Office, Washington
DC