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Witnesses: Donald D. Cobb, Assoc. Lab. Dir. for Threat Reduction, Los Alamos Nat. Lab., Los Alamos, NM; Dr. Henry C. Kelly, Pres., Fed. of Amer. Scientists, Wash., DC: Dr. Steven E. Koonin, Provost, Calif. Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA; Dr. Richard A. Meserve, Chmn., Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC), Wash., DC; Dr. Harry C. Vantine, Div. Leader, Counter-terrorism and Incident Response, Lawrence Livermore Nat. Lab., Livermore, CA; and Senators Joseph R. Biden, Jr., from Delaware and Jesse Helms from N. Carolina.

Dirty bombs and basement nukes: the terrorist nuclear threat: hearing before the Committee on Foreign Relations, United States Senate, One Hundred Seventh Congress, second session, March 6, 2002.

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