2 Grants Awarded To Rutgers By Homeland Security For Nuclear Threat Detection
The National Science Foundation (NSF), in collaboration with the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS), has awarded Rutgers University two grants to lead research on detecting smuggled nuclear materials. The work aims to thwart terrorists from using such materials to develop “dirty bombs” or environmental contaminants that could sicken large segments of the population and paralyze commerce. [click link for full article]
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Filed under: Bio-terrorism on September 20th, 2007