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RDD

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Also known as a radiological dispersal device or RDD, a dirty bomb is an explosive that has been mixed with radioactive material so that when it goes off there will be contamination of the blast zone.

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It is known as an RDD - a radiological dispersal device.

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The Department of Homeland Security is particularly concerned about the degenerate case of a phantom RDD, where no radioactive material is used but an implication or anonymous tip indicates there is.

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Although the public generally thinks of Pu and enriched-U when hearing the word radioactive, these are not effective RDD materials because they are primarily alpha emitters, are costly, cannot be obtained in large amounts, are well-tracked and secured, and are more useful to terrorists in the production of an actual nuclear weapon than being wasted in an RDD.

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In this sense, 137CsCl powder is by far the most effective RDD material and the only terrorist’s material of choice.

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