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Chemical Agents of Opportunity for Terrorism: TICs & TIMs

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<strong>Chemical</strong> <strong>Agents</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>Opportunity</strong> <strong>for</strong> <strong>Terrorism</strong><br />

Training Support Package<br />

Participant Guide<br />

Slide 16<br />

<strong>Chemical</strong> <strong>Agents</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>Opportunity</strong> <strong>for</strong> <strong>Terrorism</strong>:<br />

<strong>TICs</strong> & <strong>TIMs</strong><br />

NaCN Tanker<br />

Module One - <strong>Chemical</strong> Contamination <strong>of</strong> Food, Water, and Medication<br />

16<br />

Cyanide is a very commonly used industrial chemical and is widely available <strong>for</strong> use in<br />

the mining and metal refining industries. A tanker truck (as depicted here with the driver<br />

wearing protective clothing and a face shield, holding the large hose used to transfer<br />

cyanide) that is loaded with 30,000 gallons <strong>of</strong> 24-32% aqueous sodium cyanide solution<br />

carries roughly 8 tons <strong>of</strong> cyanide salt.<br />

While this is considerably less than the amount calculated to be necessary <strong>for</strong><br />

contaminating an entire water system, the tanker company shown above delivers 39,000<br />

tons/year with a capacity more than double that amount.<br />

December 2008 Version 2.0 Page 272

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