Attacks on Nuclear and Nano Science

A lose band of extremist eco-anarchist groups has attacked several researchers and organizations involved with nuclear science and nanotechnology.

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Earlier this month, an eco-anarchist group called the Olga Cell claimed responsibility for the non-fatal shooting of Roberto Adinolfi, a nuclear-engineering executive at Ansaldo Nucleare in Genoa, Italy. In a 4-page letter sent to an Italian newspaper, the Olga Cell not only justified the attack on Adinolfi—by stating “with this action of ours, we return to you a tiny part of the suffering that you, man of science, are pouring into this world”—but also threatened further attacks on scientists.

The Olga Cell had previously been linked to other acts of terrorism, including the 2011 bombing of the offices of the lobby group, Swissnuclear, in Olten, Switzerland.

According to Nature, the Olga Cell, which is part of the larger Informal Anarchist Federation International Revolutionary Front, is ...

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