UN atomic energy agency chief Mohamed ElBaradei said Friday that successful terrorist attacks such as the train bombing in Spain heightened concern that one day terrorists could go nuclear. “There’s obviously a high level of sophistication in the terrorist community,” ElBaradei told reporters while flying back to Vienna, where the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) is based, from a trip to Washington. “That heightens the sense of concern that they (terrorists) might get their hands on any nuclear device or nuclear material,” ElBaradei said in answer to a question about the implications of the train bombing in Spain on March 11 that killed 202 people. The IAEA has repeatedly warned about the danger from terrorists possibly making so-called dirty bombs, conventional explosives laced with nuclear material that would not cause a chain reaction but would spread radiation and cause panic once they exploded. Full Story
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