Radiological and nuclear threats are no longer hypothetical. Europe needs to respond

On April 17, two radiological incidents unfolded within hours of each other at opposite ends of the European continent.

At the Medyka border crossing in southeastern Poland, border guard officers stopped a Ukrainian woman during a routine screening. One of the hundred-dollar banknotes she was carrying registered radiation levels 1,905 times higher than the permissible threshold. It was the second such case in five months.

The same afternoon in London, the Metropolitan Police sealed off Kensington Gardens after a pro-Iranian Islamist group, Harakat Ashab al-Yamin al-Islamia, posted a video showing two men in hazmat suits launching drones toward the Israeli embassy. In the recording, the group claimed the drones were carrying radioactive material. A CBRN (chemical, biological, radiological, and nuclear) unit was deployed, and the park remained closed for two days.

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