George M. Moore

Moore is a scientist in residence at the James Martin Center for Nonproliferation Studies of the Monterey Institute of International Studies. From 2007 to 2012 he was a senior analyst in the Office of Nuclear Security at the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA).

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Analysis
1 May 2013
Nuclear Weapons

If the Boston Marathon attack had involved dirty bombs

George M. Moore

Last month's Boston Marathon bombing was horrific enough without getting into ways in which it could have been worse. But in fact there is one avenue of speculation worth exploring, because doing so could help keep cities safe in the future: What if the explosive devices allegedly used by the Tsarnaev brothers had contained radioactive material? What would be the effect of such a so-called dirty bomb?