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Material from nuclear power plants can easily find its way into the hands of extremists, warn environmentalists (Photo: Stefan Kühn)

EU commits €100m to nuclear and radiological security

The threat of dirty bombs, biowarfare and nuclear terrorism drew the attention of the European Union's executive on Wednesday (24 June), which proposed a policy package aimed at strengthening chemical, biological, radiological and nuclear security in the bloc.

From theoretical worries that militant groups may one day acquire fissile material to launch an attack on civilians in Europe to the very real examples of the polonium poisoning of former Russian spy Alexander Litvinenko in 2006, ...

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Material from nuclear power plants can easily find its way into the hands of extremists, warn environmentalists (Photo: Stefan Kühn)

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