UN Atomic Agency To Protect Brazil Olympics From Terrorist Nuclear Threat

The United Nations' atomic agency announced on Monday that "it was sending equipment to Brazil to protect against terrorist attacks employing nuclear material during this year's Olympic and Paralympic Games," according to Rob Crilly of the London TELEGRAPH. The Int'l Atomic Energy agency said that "it would loan several types of radiation detection equipment -- including personal radiation detectors and portable scanners -- for the games in August and September." The threat from terrorists using radioactive material "was one of the subjects discussed during last week's nuclear security summit in Washington." Fears "have increased following the attacks in Brussels, and claims that the brothers at the heart of the plot had tried to obtain nuclear materials" (TELEGRAPH, 5/5).