(Ha'aretz) Chaim Levinson - Israel carried out a series of tests in the desert in 2010-14 to measure damage from the detonation of a so-called "dirty" bomb by hostile forces, one that used conventional explosives in addition to radioactive material. The research concluded that high-level radiation was measured at the center of the explosions, with a low level of dispersal of radiation by particles carried by the wind. Sources said this doesn't pose a substantial danger beyond the psychological effect. In addition, tests were made of radiological material mixed with water in the ventilation system of a building simulating a shopping mall. Such an approach was not effective from the terrorists' perspective, as most of the radiation remained on the air conditioning filters.
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