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POLICE SEIZE SMUGGLED RUSSIAN ENRICHED URANIUM IN ISTANBUL
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Posted on 08/16/2005 5:20:01 AM PDT by NativeNewYorker
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To: NativeNewYorker
Less than an ounce. But I'm sure there's more where that came from.
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posted on
08/16/2005 5:23:52 AM PDT
by
Brilliant
To: Brilliant
Closer to 1/3 pound. Not enuff for a nuclear explosion...and not highly enriched.
This amount is useful only for a dirty bomb.
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posted on
08/16/2005 5:26:45 AM PDT
by
Mariner
To: NativeNewYorker
I hope the Turkish-style interrogations yield some good info.
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posted on
08/16/2005 5:28:29 AM PDT
by
SueRae
To: NativeNewYorker
Kinda puts the price of gold to shame. Wow. Hard to stop at those prices.
To: NativeNewYorker
Joe Wilson will get to the bottom of this!
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posted on
08/16/2005 5:30:56 AM PDT
by
neodad
(I wish to have no connection with any ship that does not sail fast, for I intend to go in harm's way)
To: Brilliant
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posted on
08/16/2005 5:34:35 AM PDT
by
aliquis
To: NativeNewYorker
For uranium 234, 235, and 238, the half lives are respectively 247,000 years, 0.71 billion years, and 4.51 billion years.
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posted on
08/16/2005 5:34:37 AM PDT
by
glock rocks
(Let's light this candle.)
To: glock rocks
half-life meaning, that any location where this was scattered would be contaminated for that amount of years?
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posted on
08/16/2005 5:38:13 AM PDT
by
bitt
('We will all soon reap what the ignorant are now sowing.' Victor Davis Hanson)
To: NativeNewYorker; Cindy
To: bitt
I believe it means that the radiation lever of a substance falls by half over the given period.
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posted on
08/16/2005 5:45:34 AM PDT
by
cripplecreek
(If you must obey your party, may your chains rest lightly upon your shoulders.)
To: bitt
half-life meaning, that any location where this was scattered would be contaminated for that amount of years? Half life means half of it would have decayed by that length of time. In other words, this stuff would remain potent for a long long time. To answer your question, yes.
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posted on
08/16/2005 5:46:14 AM PDT
by
glock rocks
(Let's light this candle.)
To: NativeNewYorker
Good news they were caught but at the same time disturbing.. how many smugglers have they missed?
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posted on
08/16/2005 5:47:22 AM PDT
by
SeaBiscuit
(God Bless all who defend America and Friends, the rest can go to hell.)
To: Mariner
that makes me feel better........NOT!!
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posted on
08/16/2005 5:49:06 AM PDT
by
G Larry
(Honor the fallen and the heroes of 9/11 at the Memorial Site.)
To: NativeNewYorker
Why does this not surprise me. My question is, how much has been sold that were caught
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posted on
08/16/2005 5:49:48 AM PDT
by
Dustbunny
(The only good terrorist is a dead terrorist)
To: SeaBiscuit
This kind of smuggling has been a cottage industry for years. Usually, the material turns out to be very low grade stuff, or material that has been "salted" with a speck or two of hot material.
In sort, it is almost always a con job.
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posted on
08/16/2005 5:51:09 AM PDT
by
genefromjersey
(So much to flame;so little time !)
To: bitt
That's the chemistry. In reality, it would be cleaned up, diluted/distributed by wind and rain, etc., the bigest threat would probably be inhalation of the dust in the short term.
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posted on
08/16/2005 5:55:21 AM PDT
by
glock rocks
(Let's light this candle.)
To: cripplecreek
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posted on
08/16/2005 5:55:55 AM PDT
by
cripplecreek
(If you must obey your party, may your chains rest lightly upon your shoulders.)
To: Brilliant
Less than an ounce. But I'm sure there's more where that came from. Sounds more like 6 ounces to me...
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posted on
08/16/2005 5:56:34 AM PDT
by
Publius6961
(Liberal level playing field: If the Islamics win we are their slaves..if we win they are our equals.)
To: NativeNewYorker
I see US taxpayers dollars have been well spent.
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