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London Nuke Plant Loses 30 Kilos of Plutonium

Posted by CowboyNeal on from the or-is-it-tonnes dept.

solafide writes "The Globe and Mail reports 'A British nuclear-reprocessing plant [at Sellafield] cannot account for nearly 30 kilograms of plutonium, but authorities believe it is an accounting issue rather than a loss of potential bomb-making material, the United Kingdom Atomic Energy Authority said.' Although it says later plutonium is only 1% of what they deal with there. The Times Online has more details."

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  1. Still need to find the WDM... by EmbeddedJanitor · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    Probably been planted in Iraq!

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    Engineering is the art of compromise.
  2. Re:London is nowhere near Sellafield. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    Some perspective for you English:

    Scale size of Britain: .
    Scale size of America: |- From sea to shining sea and with a ton of plains and mountains and desert and farmland -|

    Also, since you have no real open land in the entire country, it all looks like one large, connected city.

    Making a "mistake" like saying a city is near another is very easy to make.

    Quot Erat Demonstrandum

  3. Re:This happened in the U.S. too. by John+Seminal · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    If the terrorists succeed and set off a bomb in the USA, more power to them. If bush was born poor and his family was slaughtered, he would be doing the exact same thing as the guys who flew into the WTC. as the louisiana chef used to say... "I gaurentee it!"

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    Rosco: "If brains were gunpowder, Enos couldn't blow his nose."

  4. C.I.A. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    It's all controlled by the usa, they must have a legitimate use for it, otherwise the brits wouldn't be trying to cover their own asses.We all know that all nuclear materials are overseen by the dictatorship of the usa, so expect something really nasty to happen in about 2-3 years, or when Bush is convicted of securities fraud.
    I bet Syria is going to be accused of stealing it.
    It is another oil producing country, isn't it?
    If you are stupid enough to believe in such garbage, your children deserve what your beliefs are.
    It isn't the devil, it's idiocy that is sending the world down the toilet.

  5. Re:Bomb em! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    I still have hope for the country, despite the fact that most English are about as dumb, lazy and horny as some Americans.

  6. Re:Bomb em! by sepluv · · Score: 0, Flamebait
    Who's calling who imperialists? It was your (USan) ancestors who went over to America and killed all the native people (and flora and fauna).
    Hop in the car, you're there in a few hours
    You clearly have not experienced our (UK) transport system, and are not aware that population on our little island is nearly as big as yours.
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    Joe Llywelyn Griffith Blakesley
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