550 Metric Tons of Uranium Removed From Iraq

Orion Blastar tips us to an AP report that 550 metric tons of "yellowcake" uranium has successfully been removed from Iraq. The operation lasted three months, and it required 37 separate flights and an 8,500-mile trip by boat to reach a port in Montreal. Quoting: "While yellowcake alone is not considered potent enough for a so-called 'dirty bomb' -- a conventional explosive that disperses radioactive material -- it could stir widespread panic if incorporated in a blast. Yellowcake also can be enriched for use in reactors and, at higher levels, nuclear weapons using sophisticated equipment. The Iraqi government sold the yellowcake to a Canadian uranium producer, Cameco Corp., in a transaction the official described as worth 'tens of millions of dollars.' A Cameco spokesman, Lyle Krahn, declined to discuss the price, but said the yellowcake will be processed at facilities in Ontario for use in energy-producing reactors."

Comments

Time to bomb Quebec

[Anonymous Coward]

We can't let those French Canadians have nuclear weapons!

Re:Time to bomb Quebec

[couchslug]

"We can't let those French Canadians have nuclear weapons!"

Don't worry. Intel says they've hired Newfies to weaponize it and yellowcake cannon balls aren't much threat...

Re:Time to bomb Quebec

[4D6963]

Don't you dare compare us to France, it's insulting

Yeah it's insulting to be compared to a country with a lasting cultural influence and relevance who doesn't have to spell stop 'ARRET' rather than 'STOP' (as in France) on stop signs to ensure the survival of its dialect among its very population. Half of your cultural impact on the rest of the world was in the movie Titanic's title song.

Tabarnac, you just got pwné!

(Retroactive disclaimer : I'm French, could you tell?)

Re:Time to bomb Quebec

[Meumeu]

Quebec is way cooler than France

It might have something to do with the latitude and the gulf stream...

Canada....

[antifoidulus]

I would have waited until AFTER Dick Cheney left the White House to be seen buying Uranium....esp. with all that oil you have up there......

Homer

[mrbill1234]

Mmmmmmmmm, Yellowcake.

The cake wasn't a lie?

[mseidl]

I'm shocked.

What the FUCK!

[DragonTHC]

so now we're led to believe that CANADA is pursuing nuclear weapons?

They just purchased 550 Metric tonnes of yellowcake uranium from a supposed Terrorist state and we're just letting them do it?

Canada is a ticking bomb here people!

We need to attack Ontario now!

Why isn't bush willing to protect us from these terrorists?

Re:The point was the lie itself

[jacquesm]

maybe there should be an 'anonymous moron' option ?

Onward to Iran

[rajeshv]

Doesn't this prove that Iran was behind something? Let's go get 'em

OMG, they buying yellowcake! Quick! Invade Canada!

[refactored]

They must be building a bomb!

Don't you love...

[Anonymous Coward]

How every wanker on slashdot is an expert in politics, chemistry, and virtually every other discipline on the planet? Not to mention how they seem to be able to be everywhere, at every time, and know everything. Guess the Atheists are wrong- Godhood is apparently sitting behind the keyboards of countless slashdotters.

The uranium...

[SharpFang]

The uranium in form of 4-inch, cone-tipped bars was hidden under a thin layer of soil and embedded in walls in and around several military complexes of Iraq. Photo of one of one of the uranium bars

This is another proof that Iraq attempted to produce nuclear WMD.