Read more dirty bomb stories on Newserhttp://www.newser.com/taggrid/9526/dirty-bomb.html2009 - Newseren-usNewser Feed GeneratorTue, 24 Nov 2009 11:59:34 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/52302/wanted-small-amounts-of-plutonium.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThe country is crawling with unused radioactive material, and it’s up to the little-known National Nuclear Security Administration to dispose of it, the Los Angeles Times reports. They're not after warheads, but small amounts of plutonium used in medical and technological pursuits in more than 130 countries, as even the...http://www.newser.com/story/52302/wanted-small-amounts-of-plutonium.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTue, 03 Mar 2009 15:47:01 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/24173/new-drug-protects-body-from-radiation.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagA promising new drug that protects animals from damaging radiation is ready for clinical trials in humans, the BBC reports. The drug interferes with the protein that ordinarily causes cell suicide in the presence of radiation, meaning it could be useful in treating cancer patients undergoing radiation as well as...http://www.newser.com/story/24173/new-drug-protects-body-from-radiation.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFri, 11 Apr 2008 14:15:03 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/5971/padilla-guilty-of-aiding-terrorism.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagA US District Court convicted Jose Padilla, a US citizen once suspected in a dirty-bomb plot, of conspiring to commit terrorism abroad by providing aid to Islamic extremists. Padilla, a former Guantanamo detainee who became symbolic of the Bush administration's aggressive legal arguments for detaining suspected terrorists, was not charged...http://www.newser.com/story/5971/padilla-guilty-of-aiding-terrorism.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThu, 16 Aug 2007 13:36:31 CDT