Kontakt 2006, 8(1):128-132 | DOI: 10.32725/kont.2006.021

Dirty bombBiomedicine

Jaroslava Kaňková
Jihočeská univerzita České Budějovice, Zdravotně sociální fakulta, katedra radiologie a toxikologie

The dirty bomb is not a nuclear weapon, but a conventional bomb with explosive filling comprising radioactive material. It does not exert the destructive power of nuclear bombs and its explosion is not the case of a nuclear explosion. Dirty bombs can contain radioactive materials as e.g. 137Cs or other radionuclides. This bomb can spread radioactive material on large areas, thus causing external and internal contamination of persons, which may be even fatal.

Keywords: Dirty bomb; radioactivity; danger; terrorism

Published: May 26, 2006  Show citation

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Kaňková J. Dirty bomb. Kontakt. 2006;8(1):128-132. doi: 10.32725/kont.2006.021.
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