Enough Plutonium for 5 Bombs Missing in UK!

[veracity]

"ENOUGH plutonium to make five nuclear bombs has gone missing from Sellafield in Cumbria in the past 12 months, it has been revealed. The official report which lists “materials unaccounted for” at the UK’s nuclear sites found that 19.1kg of the highly toxic substance was apparently missing from the reprocessing plant."

http://www.tvnewslies.org/html/news.html#INTERNATIONAL

[mbperrin]

1. OOOOOps.

Well, damn, can't find uranium in Iraq?

Take some good advice: rob banks - that's where the money is.

Need uranium? Go where they have some.

SHHHHHH, Pass it on.

[xchrom]

3. wish i'd said that

damn that was good.

[54anickel]

2. Bet it turns up in one of Saddams hidie-holes

[xchrom]

4. bush and blair will claim

saddam hid it there.
then they will jointly issue a burnt sienna alert.

[NNN0LHI]

5. From the article

>>>Spokesman Alan Hughes said the figures for “unaccounted for” plutonium were normal.

“It is impossible to measure absolutely exactly that amount of material going into the plant and the amount coming out because of the changes material undergoes in the process.

“There is also a degree of uncertainty in the measuring process and some material may remain in the internal pipe system. We would expect to see a slightly larger figure at Sellafield than for other reprocessing plants because of the huge amount of material that is put through it each year.”

When asked how he could be sure no substances had been taken away from the plant, Hughes said the strict security measures employed at Sellafield would make it “virtually impossible” for radioactive material to be stolen.<<<

[Rose Siding]

6. If that's inaccurate, an expert will refute it

I can't imagine that the process is so unaccountable that so much could just be siphoned off without detection.

[mbperrin]

8. Hmmm.... lessee, "virtual"

means not real, so virtually means not really, so it's "not really impossible"?

They write it, I just read it!

[0007]

14. ....or more or less impossible,

for radioactive material to be burglarized.

Are we each other's watch dogs?

[aquart]

10. Which means it's missing or it ain't missing?

Feel fear, everybody?

They do keep trying.

Can we get back to the hamburger?

[bemildred]

7. Plutonium is a completely different kettle of fish

from Uranium, which is what Iran is playing with.

19.1 Kg is not a large volume, but it should be more than
enough the poison the entire human race, properly dispersed.

[dbt]

9. Warning! DANGER, Will Robinson!

Looks like Great Britain is undertaking a programme of Weapons Of Mass Destruction. WE MUST INVADE THEM NOW BEFORE THEY BOMB US IN 45 MINUTES!!

:evilgrin:
dbt

[Zuni]

11. that certainly does not sound good

missing plutonium is no joke. I would not take this lightly. Even if one does not know how to build a nuclear device, plutonium is thousands of times more radioactive than natural uranium---even small amounts could contaminate a huge area.

[Media_Lies_Daily]

12. That's probably a cumulative total of loss for the last 20 years...

...from the normal manufacturing process, but now's a good time to sow more anxiety among the masses.

[NickB79]

13. With friends like this

Who needs enemies, right? Wouldn't that just be karmic if a dirty bomb was detonated in the US that contained plutonium from our closest ally on the war on terror? Ugh, using radioactive medical waste to make a dirty bomb would be bad enough, but plutonium, one of the most toxic substances on the planet? God help us all if this stuff has fallen into the wrong hands.

[acmavm]

15. Jeez, these people are idiots. If there really is this much mission

plutonium, how did it happen? Wasn't anyone paying attention? If not, I would say that someone better damn well be held responsible.

But what makes me curious is how did they get it out of there. And wouldn't the thieves, if there were any, have noticable symptons of radiation poisoning? Wouldn't there be severe burns? I mean, they just couldn't pack it up in the old lunch box and haul it out of there, could they.