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UK – Nuclear-powered Royal Navy submarine involved in collision

Source: https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2016/jul/20/nuclear-powered-royal-navy-submarine-involved-in-collision No damage to HMS Ambush nuclear reactor or injuries to crew recorded after ‘glancing’ collision off coast of Gibraltar HMS Ambush, which has been forced into port in Gibraltar after a collision with a…



A terrorist group’s plot to create a radioactive ‘dirty bomb’

Source: http://www.publicintegrity.org/2016/02/29/19376/terrorist-group-s-plot-create-radioactive-dirty-bomb A small video camera stashed in a row of bushes silently recorded the comings and goings of the family of a Brussels-area man with an important scientific pedigree last year, producing a detailed chronology…


Oman: Navy siezes arms cache

Weapons seized by HMAS Darwin from a small-arms smuggler boarded approximately 170 nautical miles off the coast of Oman. Photo credit: Australian Royal Navy NAIROBI, March 7 (Reuters) – An Australian Navy ship has seized…


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Nuclear: Missing Radioactive Material Found Dumped in South Iraq

Source: http://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/missing-radioactive-material-found-dumped-south-iraq-n522991 BAGHDAD — A “highly dangerous” radioactive material that went missing in Iraq has been found dumped near a gas station in the southern town of Zubair, environment ministry spokesman Ameer Ali said on Sunday….


Radioactive: Stolen Radioactive Material Hunted in ISIS-Ravaged Iraq: Officials

Source: http://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/stolen-radioactive-material-hunted-isis-ravaged-iraq-officials-n520551 Iraq is searching for potentially deadly radioactive material that was stolen late last year, officials said. The material was contained in an industrial radiography device that vanished in November, the International Atomic Energy Agency…


Dirty Bomb: Radioactive material stolen in Iraq raises security concerns

Source: http://www.reuters.com/article/us-mideast-crisis-iraq-radiation-idUSKCN0VQ22F Iraq is searching for “highly dangerous” radioactive material whose theft last year has raised fears among Iraqi officials that it could be used as a weapon if acquired by Islamic State. Baghdad reported the…


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Experts warn that nuclear risks may be increasing

Source: http://www.publicintegrity.org/2016/01/15/19148/experts-warn-nuclear-risks-may-be-increasing?utm_source=email&utm_campaign=watchdog&utm_medium=publici-email&goal=0_ffd1d0160d-9e236f238b-100381977&mc_cid=9e236f238b&mc_eid=9ff443c0ec U.S. efforts to keep nuclear explosive materials out of the hands of terrorists are losing steam and will be undermined without a concerted new diplomatic push, an independent nonprofit group in Washington, D.C., warned…



Dirty little nuclear bombs

Source: http://www.publicintegrity.org/2015/11/12/18850/fuel-nuclear-bomb-hands-unknown-black-marketeer-russia-us-officials-say Three identical incidents Western concerns are based on a simple trail of evidence that officials have until now kept secret: Three times since 1999, identically packaged containers of highly-enriched uranium have been seized…


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