Operation Groundhog Explained

Operation Groundhog was reported a joint US/Kazakh/Russian program to secure radioactive residues of Soviet-era nuclear bomb tests. In 2003, reports appeared in Science Magazine[1] that the program included paving some areas with thick layers of reinforced concrete to protect plutonium contaminating the ground,[2] in order to prevent terrorists from acquiring contaminated material for making a dirty bomb.[3]

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References

  1. Web site: AAAS.
  2. US Guards Kazakh Fissile Material from Theft, by Ellen Barry, The New York Times, 22 May 2011
  3. Web site: Jeffrey Lewis • Operation Groundhog . lewis.armscontrolwonk.com . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20110122075653/http://lewis.armscontrolwonk.com/archive/3454/operation-groundhog . 2011-01-22.