Preparedness for a Dirty Bomb Attack in New York
“Is New York City adequately prepared for a ‘dirty bomb’ attack?” asked John Sudnik, a deputy chief at the New York Fire Department in a recent master’s thesis (pdf) on the prospects of a terrorist incident involving a radiological weapon.
In response to this question, the author provided an assessment of the threat, the consequences of an attack, and the possibilities of mitigating such consequences.
See “‘Dirty Bomb’ Attack: Assessing New York City’s Level of Preparedness from a First Responder’s Perspective” by John Sudnik, Naval Postgraduate School, March 2006.
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