Sentences with phrase «for dirty bombs»

It's the Institute for Disaster Mental Health's 10th annual conference, and this year's topic is «Radiological Readiness: Preparing for Dirty Bombs, Nuclear Disasters, and Other Radiation Emergencies.»

U.S. Sen. Charles Schumer is calling on the Nuclear Regulatory Commission to overhaul its licensing protocol for obtaining radioactive materials, citing a recent report that a fictitious company got a license for enough material for a dirty bomb.

A vitamin pack for a dirty bomb.

Not exact matches

Several American cities, including New York, San Francisco, and Honolulu, have response plans for terrorist attacks, including so - called «dirty bombs» containing radioactive material.

The two experiences differ in detail (swap in global warming and dirty bombs for acid rain and Soviet warheads) but each was labelled a hopeless mess.

Gillibrand also asked for an extra $ 20 million in funding, which she thinks is necessary to improve detection of nuclear materials and prevent a dirty bomb from being detonated.

«For example, I am very worried about a dirty bomb going off somewhere in our state or in our country.

For decades, a «dirty bomb in a suitcase» has been a looming fear of intelligence communities, and is one of the big reasons for nuclear containment and nonproliferatiFor decades, a «dirty bomb in a suitcase» has been a looming fear of intelligence communities, and is one of the big reasons for nuclear containment and nonproliferatifor nuclear containment and nonproliferation.

Thousands more protection suits for police dealing with dirty bombs have been ordered by the Home Office.

Also on the agenda at the summit will be protecting countries from cyber-attacks on their civil nuclear sites and preventing terrorists from obtaining the raw materials for a «dirty bomb».

He has been lobbing verbal bombs at Cuomo from the sidelines for years now, going so far as to call him the «dirtiest, nastiest political player out there» back in 2010.

«It is likely that very few Americans will be killed directly, suffer radiation sickness, or even have a measurably increased risk for cancer from an attack,» Peter D. Zimmerman and Cheryl Loeb write in «Dirty Bombs: The Threat Revisited,» a report published by the Center for Technology and National Security Policy, National Defense University.

A dirty bomb — radioactive material by a conventional explosive — «is much less of a problem to detonate and if successful would render a large swath of a big city uninhabitable for years,» he says.

But with lawmakers and government agencies ratcheting up the rhetoric about dirty bombs in their lobbying for more funding, the average citizen can hardly be blamed for considering dirty bombs a grave threat — a perfect example of well - intentioned efforts that would amplify, not dampen, the impact of a terrorist attack.

Hahn's feat raises chilling questions about the ease with which terrorists could acquire the components for a radioactive «dirty bomb» — questions that Silverstein, an investigative reporter for the Los Angeles Times, inexplicably fails to explore.

Lochbaum worries that terrorists could hijack and use jets as nuclear missiles or take them apart for materials to build their own so - called dirty bombs.

The FBI and Darwyn move to intercept the cell's plans to detonate a pair of nuclear dirty bombs in Los Angeles on the Fourth of July, but their victory is overshadowed by a pair of tragedies for Darwyn.

Right at Your Door (R for disturbing violence and pervasive profanity) Apocalyptic adventure about the struggle to survive in Los Angeles after the declaration of martial law due to the detonation by terrorists of several dirty bombs.

The end of the world is no excuse for imprecise language, at least not for the four couples at the center of «It's a Disaster,» whose vegan - friendly brunch is interrupted by the detonation of some dirty bombs a few miles away.

Jack Kilborn is the pen name for J.A. Konrath, author of seven Jack Daniels thrillers (Whiskey Sour, Bloody Mary, Rusty Nail, Dirty Martini, Fuzzy Navel, Cherry Bomb, and Shaken.)

While Dirty Bomb is their main focus right now they have also developed multiplayer for Batman: Arkham Origins (which was surprisingly good), Gears of War 4, and are the only developer other than creators id Software to have worked on the Wolfenstein, Doom and Quake franchises.

According to an Interim Report from Leyou Technologies, who own Warframe developer Digital Extremes and Dirty Bomb / Gears of War 4 developer Splash Damage, a new Third - Person Survival Horror Shooter is in development at Splash Damage for release in 2018.

The futuristic shooter follows Kozak, Ghost Lead, Pepper, and 30k as they attempt to track down the people responsible for using a dirty bomb on another spec ops team.

Western publisher funding for MMORPGs has also dried up, with companies like Nexon just funding F2P games, and now preferring arena games like Dirty Bomb or MOBAs like DOTA.

Michael Levi, whom I first met when we were both interviewed for a Nova program on «dirty» bombs as a terrorism threat, has a highly relevant piece on his Council on Foreign Relations blog: How Much Radioactive Contamination is Too Much?]