[GSlob]

same thing. Those having polonium for the nukes are not going to part with it. Dirty bomb is best done with high grade nuclear waste - spent fuel rods, or concentrates from their re-processing. Polonium is way too valuable a stuff to waste on a dirty bomb. Besides, Litvinenko was no threat to iranians. WhyAnd to suggest a suicidal deal is the top of absurdity. kegebuns [like litvinenko] went through enough military-style training - if there were polonium spill next to the food, they would be running out of there screaming, to burn their clothes and to take good long showers. Most certainly they would not be eating there. Besides, polonium for the nukes does not happen as a loose dusty powder [too dangerous in manufacture and usage], nor as dilute solution to spray on the food. Weapons grade nuclear materials come as compact bodies, with protecting [chemically and mechanically] containers. So, even the attempted assembly of a working nuke in London does not hold water.

[GodGunsGuts]

I was thinking that he may have been part of a smuggling ring quietly smuggling Polonium 210 etc. on behalf of Russia to destinations such as Iran. The dirty bomb idea occurred to me towards the beginning of my thinking on an alternative theory on Litvineko's death. The following from Epstein's website changed everything:

"Then there is the polonium 210 used to explode the bomb. The AIEA determined that Iran has obtained polonium 210, an isotope. And the likely source is Russia, which uses it (in combination with beryllium) to ensure the chain reaction leading to a nuclear explosion begins at the right time."

http://www.edwardjayepstein.com/2003question/IransWMD.htm

I would think it at least deserves a thorough looking into at the very minimum.