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DetroitLegalBeagle

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4. Enriched uranium and uranium as a whole is actually a poor material for that use

Reply to JBTaurus83 (Reply #2)

Tue Mar 3, 2026, 12:44 PM

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Its dense and heavy and not that radioactive. Also uranium is primarily an alpha radiation emitter. Alpha can be blocked by clothing and skin and poses little danger outside the body. Gamma emitters are ones that are "best" used for dirty bombs, and those can be found in the medical and industrial world. Cancer treatment and welding inspections use gamma emitters.

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Iran and dirty bombs [View all] JBTaurus83 Yesterday OP

Absolutely Greg_In_SF Yesterday #1

Well JBTaurus83 Yesterday #2

Enriched uranium and uranium as a whole is actually a poor material for that use DetroitLegalBeagle Yesterday #4

Exactly. They probably have amounts of Cs137 or other isotopes Jerry2144 Yesterday #6

The point of a dirty bomb would not be its effectiveness sarisataka Yesterday #12

Also true DetroitLegalBeagle Yesterday #15

Will OC375 Yesterday #3

Easily.... Boo1 Yesterday #5

Im shocked they havent used it Johonny Yesterday #7

They probably think it would give Trump/Israel the excuse to go nuclear & say they started it EX500rider 23 hrs ago #17

Anyone who works in a hospital or science lab has access to the materials to make a dirty bomb. haele Yesterday #8

A dirty bomb is meant to contaminate a large area for generations. Swede Yesterday #11

There would be no EMP sarisataka Yesterday #16

Chemical and biological JBTaurus83 Yesterday #9

They can but then it gives their adversaries a excuse to go nuclear EX500rider Yesterday #10

To make one- absolutely sarisataka Yesterday #13

Chemical and biological too. C_U_L8R Yesterday #14

Other possibilities are weapons similar to that Chinese "weather balloon" and other cheap Shahed type drones fujiyamasan 23 hrs ago #18

Why would they want or need to do that? David__77 22 hrs ago #19