So,yes,there is a threat particularly of the use of radioactive material, although we have no specific evidence indicating any capability at this time."

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We have 266 ping-pong balls, and we need someone, hopefully you, to be some radioactive material that are going to be emitting these ping-pong balls. And when the time comes, in just a minute, I'll ask the TAs to come down and hand these out very quickly to you, so we can do this experiment.

你们有些人那天，看到我在办公室数乒乓球，我们需要几个人,希望是你,来作为放射材料，放射这些乒乓球,等会我会让助教,把这些球发给你们。

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But the acquisition of radioactive material for a so-called 'dirty bomb,' which is radioactive material that is dispersed with a conventional explosive device, that is not that challenging.

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