By California Working with NNSA on Dirty Bomb ProtectionThe state of California is participating in a National Nuclear Security Administration program to reduce the possibility of medical isotopes becoming ammunition for dirty bombs, the semi-autonomous Department of Energy agency says. The National Nuclear Security Administration’s (NNSA) Cesium Irradiator Replacement Program helps academic and medical institutions replace devices that use radiological materials, such as cesium-137, with devices that use X-ray technology instead. NNSA says California was working with the program. In October,…
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