Nuclear Waste Is A Ready Made Dirty Bomb

The cloud of radiation from a nuclear bomb could spread thousands of square miles whereas a dirty bombs radiation could be dispersed within a few blocks or miles of the explosion.

Every nuclear power plant in the world. The bomb can kill or injure through the initial blast of the conventional explosive and through the dispersal of the radioactive materials hence the term dirty. It uses conventional explosives such as dynamite to spread radioactive material. In a dirty bomb conventional explosives are used to disperse radiation from a radioactive source which can be found in hospitals factories or other places that may not be very well protected.

Academic and sociologist james david ballard considers that nuclear waste. A dirty bomb is not a nuclear bomb. A dirty bomb or radiological dispersal device is a speculative radiological weapon that combines radioactive material with conventional explosives.

In this article ill cover the dirty bomb. The damage and casualty rate would be much lower then a conventional nuclear attack. It is however not to be confused with a nuclear.

The purpose of the weapon is to contaminate the area around the dispersal agentconventional explosion with radioactive material serving primarily as an area denial device against civilians. Is a ready made dirty bomb. A dirty bomb is a conventional explosive such as dynamite salted with radioactive waste that scatters when the bomb goes off.

A dirty bomb is not a conventional nuclear explosion. The goal with this type of attack is fear. A nuclear bomb creates an explosion that is millions of times more powerful than a dirty bomb.