Plutonium Shipment to France on the Way

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Plutonium Shipment to France on the Way

Posted by michael on Thursday September 23, 2004 @05:29AM from the watch-out-for-icebergs dept.

duesi writes "According to BBC News a British vessel is carrying 140 kg of weapons grade plutonium from the US to France to turn it into nuclear fuel. It doesn't take a nuclear physicist to see that this is a dangerous thing... Similar shipments have happened before, for example in 1999 and 2002 but BBC writes that this is the first time weapon grade plutonium has been shipped ever."

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That IS dangerous... by GypC · 2004-09-23 05:34 · Score: 5, Funny

You never know when Islamist terrorists will take over one of those plutonium ships with one of their nuclear subs or aircraft carriers...
Or disguise themselves as veteran British seamen and seize the bridge.
1. Re:That IS dangerous... by turgid · 2004-09-23 06:11 · Score: 2, Funny
  
  You never know when Islamist terrorists will take over one of those plutonium ships with one of their nuclear subs or aircraft carriers...
  I was just thinking, they must be carrying a packet of wire wool and a spare tin of paint to clean the charred,black,sooty smudge off the hull that the suicide bombers will leave when they crash their inflatable dinghy into the ship shouting, "Death to the Infidel! God is great!"
  
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2. Re:That IS dangerous... by momerath2003 · 2004-09-23 07:00 · Score: 3, Funny
  
  Allahu Akbar! It's a trap!
  
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tell everyone! by alatesystems · 2004-09-23 05:34 · Score: 4, Funny

Yeah, that's great, just tell everyone so they can go attack it. That's really smart. If I were the shipper or receiver, or any territory between which this parcel traveled, I would want it to be at least SOMEWHAT of a secret.

Oh well. Security through obscurity is better than no security at all.

Chris
1. Re:tell everyone! by smurf975 · 2004-09-23 10:37 · Score: 2, Funny
  
  It's right here: http://www.atlantictunnel.com/hist.html
  
  Ten years after tunnelling recommenced, the US and UK excavation projects had reached the combined distance of exactly 1825 miles - just over half way.
  
  So its there just not ready.
  
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Not necessary by cgenman · 2004-09-23 05:58 · Score: 3, Funny

Captain Malcolm Miller, head of international transport at BNFL, said they were the "safest sea transports" he had ever seen. A naval escort had not been requested and was not necessary, he added.

Can you say "Doomed?"

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Re:Maybe not the first time. by Kehvarl · 2004-09-23 07:45 · Score: 4, Funny

I belive you are correct, and I understand that it was shipped to and processed in Japan.
What a waste by JediTrainer · 2004-09-24 02:25 · Score: 2, Funny

The shame. Wasting all that precious fuel on some nuclear reactors. I mean, how many DeLoreans can we power with 140kg of plutonium?

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