Dirty nukes—suitcase-size bombs made of explosives studded with scavenged chunks of radioactive material—could become the next tool of terrorism, far more devastating than hijackings and anthrax. The scary question: Can we stop them?rn"If a nuclear attack comes, it won't be from an ICBM, but more likely in the hold of a container ship," says Paul Lev-enthal, president of the Nuclear Control Institute in Washington, D.C. "The threat is very real. It's hard to grasp because it's so unthinkable. Denial is arnkey factor in our weak state of security."
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