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Erin Connolly is a program assistant at the Center for Arms Control and Non-Proliferation and Fissile Materials Working Group, a non-governmental coalition of 80 civil society organizations from around the world.

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A cesium blood irradiator at a New York City hospital. June 29, 2010. Creative Commons license: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nd/2.0/

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Dirty Bombs and Hospitals: Improving Domestic Security

by Erin Connolly Guest Author

Published:January 25, 2018Last Updated:February 11, 2020

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Nuclear Security
Technology

There are hundreds of blood irradiators at hospitals and universities around the country containing material that could be used for a dirty bomb. What can we do to minimize that risk?