California weighs nuclear blackmail response plan
California officials say hoaxes prompted creation of a phased emergency plan for nuclear blackmail threats. The plan designates the FBI as lead, ERDA involvement to judge threat validity, and outlines credibility checks, monitoring, deactivation, evacuation, and cleanup. A Phase II plan will address credible threats.
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Kearns cites unlikely but credible radiological threat list
The speaker references categories of radioactive threats including dispersal of radioactive material other than plutonium and detonation of conventional bombs with radioactive contamination. He mentions potential scenarios such as dispersal of hijacked radioactive materials and contamination from spent fuel shipments or hospital radiopharmaceuticals.
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