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Plutonium Shipment to France on the Way

Posted by michael on 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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  1. That IS dangerous... by GypC · · 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.

  2. Maybe not the first time. by EnronHaliburton2004 · · Score: 5, Insightful

    this is the first time weapon grade plutonium has been shipped ever

    It's the first time that the PUBLIC knows about it, but isn't necessarily the first time that weapon grade plutonium has been shipped.

    Big difference.

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