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550 Metric Tons of Uranium Removed From Iraq

Posted by Soulskill on from the war-on-gas-prices dept.

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."

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  1. Time to bomb Quebec by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Funny

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

    1. Re:Time to bomb Quebec by 4D6963 · · Score: 4, Funny

      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?)

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      You just got troll'd!
    2. Re:Time to bomb Quebec by Meumeu · · Score: 5, Funny

      Quebec is way cooler than France

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

  2. Canada.... by antifoidulus · · Score: 4, Funny

    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......

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  3. Homer by mrbill1234 · · Score: 4, Funny

    Mmmmmmmmm, Yellowcake.

  4. What the FUCK! by DragonTHC · · Score: 5, Funny

    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?

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    They're using their grammar skills there.