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| Enriched Uranium Missing From Japan Plant |
| 2005-06-25 |
| A small amount of enriched uranium — not enough to make a bomb — has gone missing from a nuclear power plant in central Japan, the Science Ministry said Friday. Officials have been unable to locate a neutron-detecting device containing 1.7 milligrams of enriched uranium at the No. 3 reactor at Takahama nuclear power plant in Fukui state about 200 miles west of Tokyo, the ministry said in a statement. The amount missing is too small to make a bomb and not radioactive enough to pose a threat to humans, a ministry official said on condition of anonymity. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #3 Ah, but what about the risk of nano-nuclear devices? |
| Posted by: phil_b 2005-06-25 17:51 |
| #2 hint to NK - all or some of the above may be true... |
| Posted by: Frank G 2005-06-25 10:39 |
| #1 "The amount missing is too small to make a bomb and not radioactive enough to pose a threat to humans... The device, used to measure the level of neutrons in the reactor, was reported missing Friday afternoon" Good grief -- I fear the press will descend upon me if I misplace a smoke detector! |
| Posted by: Tom 2005-06-25 10:32 |