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MIT student explains how to assemble a homemade atomic bomb
A 20 year old MIT chemistry undergraduate demonstrated how easily a terrorist could assemble a bomb using plutonium. He avoided identification and spoke through a third party fearing kidnapping. A Nova documentary airing March 9 aims to push for tighter plutonium controls.
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Cambridge
Mass
Massachusetts Institute “of Technology
John Angier
Angier
Congressional
Washington
U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission