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Peace and terror use of Polonium-210.
 MATĚJKA, Václav
The thesis describes and characterizes properties of Polonium -210. It deals with the past and present use of the radioisotope of Polonium -210 either in the hands of non-violent organizations or in the hands of terrorists. It considers the possibility of use of Polonium-210 as a terrorist weapon. The work highlights the case from November 2006, when the ex-spy and former agent of KGB, Alexander Litviněnko, was poisoned in London. Then Polonium-210 was used as a means of poisoning for the first time in history. Further the work evaluates ways in which polonium (Po -210) might be abused and its accessibility to terrorist attacks. It also weighs possibilities to obtain Po-210 from commercially available products, and also a possibility to obtain it from a state-controlled nuclear reactor. The issue of internal contamination of a human, the process of internal radiation and the issue of detection in the environment is also described here. The main objective of the thesis is to gather as much information available and then to process it into a coherent whole. The reader then obtains a comprehensive view of a complex issue of the radioisotope of Polonium -210.
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