WASHINGTON The U.S. government's decades-long effort to prevent terrorists from building nuclear weapons has officially added a new dimension: keeping radioactive materials used in commercial industries out of their hands as well.The Department of Energy will lead a nationwide effort to remove certain highly radioactive materials from hospitals and other civilians sites, Elizabeth Sherwood-Randall, the homeland security adviser, said on Thursday during an address at the Nuclear Threat Initiative in Washington, D.C.
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