Posted on 05/05/2014 7:03:01 PM PDT by therightliveswithus
The potential danger in the increasingly unstable regions of Ukraine has increased further on news that the country’s intelligence service intercepted people attempting to bring in 3 pounds of radioactive material into the country from a breakaway region of Moldova under the control of pro-Russia forces. The material, which could be uranium 235 was seized on April 30th.
Google translation:
Hazardous substance was imported into the territory of the self-proclaimed Transnistrian Ukraine Moldavian Republic on cars with foreign number. The radioactive substance was kept in a container craftsmanship.
U-235 is not just laying around in Transneistria (Transwhatever).
It's EXTREMELY important we know where this came from, with certainty.
If the report is even true.
You don't need nukes to do that.
Just look.
“They might have one of those old batteries. “
The Russians liked Strontium 90 in their thermal batteries.
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