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Lost Nazi Uranium Found In a Dutch Scrapyard

colin_faber writes "Lewis Page of the Register is reporting that forensic nuclear scientists at the European Commission's Joint Research Centre traced the two pieces of metal found in a Dutch scrapyard — described as a cube and a plate — back to their exact origins and dates. Apparently both came from ores extracted at the 'Joachimsthal' mine in what is now the Czech Republic from the former Nazi nuclear-weapons programme of the 1940s." The article runs through the roadblocks that, unknown to the Allies, the Nazi regime erected against their possible success in any nuclear bomb development during the war.

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  1. Elsewhere in the scrapeyard... by __aaclcg7560 · · Score: 3, Funny

    An irradiated lead refrigerator with the body of the legendary tomb raider Indiana Jones was also discovered.

    1. Re:Elsewhere in the scrapeyard... by ibsteve2u · · Score: 4, Funny

      Is it true that Schrodinger's cat was feeding upon the remains?

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    2. Re:Elsewhere in the scrapeyard... by __aaclcg7560 · · Score: 5, Funny

      Yes and no.

    3. Re:Elsewhere in the scrapeyard... by L4t3r4lu5 · · Score: 2, Funny

      Curiosity killed the cat.

      Or it didn't.

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  2. Re:Many boffins died ... by BadAnalogyGuy · · Score: 5, Funny

    Why can't we talk about 1940s Germany without bringing up the Jews?

    but you fuck one goat...

  3. Re:Doesn't address the most interesting issue by BadAnalogyGuy · · Score: 5, Funny

    There's been a lot of controversy over whether Heisenberg deliberately sabotaged the Nazi bomb-making or whether he tried to help but was incompetent

    I guess we'll never really know. Maybe it was both.

  4. Time for bed by Tibor+the+Hun · · Score: 2, Funny

    I misread that as "Lost Nazi Uniforms Found in a Dutch Scrapyard" and failed to see why that would make news.

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  5. Re:Doesn't address the most interesting issue by _Sprocket_ · · Score: 1, Funny

    There's been a lot of controversy over whether Heisenberg deliberately sabotaged the Nazi bomb-making or whether he tried to help but was incompetent

    I guess we'll never really know. Maybe it was both.

    Ohh! I've got a Hollywood retro-movie pitch! The Mouse that Roared meets The Pink Panther with a bit of Dr. Strangelove.... and some Schindler's List to "modern" it up a bit. Now if we can just find someone who can play Sellers playing Heisenberg...

  6. 2080 by Tablizer · · Score: 3, Funny

    2080: "Toldja Iraq had WMD's"

  7. Re:Boffin by ducomputergeek · · Score: 2, Funny

    I thought they were the ones who told the rebel alliance about the second Death star at endor....IT'S A TRAP.

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  8. No by SmallFurryCreature · · Score: 2, Funny

    French is the language of romance, but I understand that as a slashdotter, you might not know this. I read it in a book. Very intresting apparently it all is designed to lead to sex, whatever that might be. Further reading might be in order.

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  9. Pfft! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    I couldn't even find a dashboard for a 2001 Ford Mondeo when I was searching Dutch scrapyards.

  10. Re:quick, someone call Clive Cussler! by u38cg · · Score: 2, Funny

    Dirk Pitt here, stuck in a cave/submarine/aircraft/other contrived and dangerous situation at the start of my latest novel, and I'd just like to take a few moments (checks Doxa dive watch) to disagree with you, I never repeat plot elements. Once I get out of my current contrived situation, I'm going to hook up with Loren and do something that'll really surprise you. So there. Now where that little Italian guy?

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