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Phony firm got radioactive materials, easily « Thread Starte

PostPosted: Sat Jan 28, 2012 2:07 pm
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Phony firm got radioactive materials, easily « Thread Started on Jul 12, 2007, 12:03pm » --------------------------------------------------------------------------------Phony firm got radioactive materials, easily Updated 4h 2m ago By Mimi Hall, USA TODAYread at source> http://www.usatoday.com/news/nation/200 ... WASHINGTON — Undercover investigators posing as corporate bosses got a Nuclear Regulatory Commission license to buy radiological material that could be used in a so-called dirty bomb, according to a government report released Wednesday.Senators and Government Accountability Office (GAO) investigators say their nine-month probe of NRC licensing practices revealed loopholes that could give terrorists easy access to cesium-137 and other dangerous materials that could be used to make radioactive bombs.