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2004-08-11 Syria-Lebanon-Iran

U.N. Traces Uranium To Tainted Equipment

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Posted by Steve White 2004-08-11 12:48:15 AM|| || Front Page|| [1 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 Is that the old "My centrifuge slipped in the shower" story?

Posted by Seafarious">Seafarious 2004-08-11 00:56|| 2004-08-11 00:56|| Front Page Top

#2 A tainted organization makes a finding of tainted equipment. How ~~tainted~~ quaint.

Posted by Zenster 2004-08-11 00:57|| 2004-08-11 00:57|| Front Page Top

#3 lol zen, woder when the IAEA will frown and wave thier finger at the mullars

Posted by Shep UK 2004-08-11 02:59|| 2004-08-11 02:59|| Front Page Top

#4 *raises hand* Umm, 'scuse me, but if the equipment was contaminated with HEU, doesn't that imply that the equipment THEY BOUGHT and imported is CAPABLE of producing HEU? Nuclear power only requires LEU (Low enriched Uranium), so isn't it somewhat overkill to get HEU capable equipment for a minor job?

Posted by Ptah">Ptah 2004-08-11 08:12|| http://www.crusaderwarcollege.org]">[http://www.crusaderwarcollege.org] 2004-08-11 08:12|| Front Page Top

#5 This is a tough one. Nuclear material can be identified by its ratio of isotopes (commonly referred to as a "signature"), so it's possible that the material in question was identified as having the known signature of Paki material. On the other hand, Ptah has a good point: the equipment can be used to produce HEU (HEU is just LEU that has been processed further). Does the IAEA (or anyone) really doubt that the turbantops are pursuing nuclear weapons? They need to be shut down.

Posted by Spot">Spot 2004-08-11 09:26|| 2004-08-11 09:26|| Front Page Top

#6 If you hit the IAEA in the face with a baseball bat, they'd want more proof they'd been hit in the face with a baseball bat.
If were depending on these idiots to get this resolved, we're in serious, serious trouble.

Posted by tu3031 2004-08-11 09:38|| 2004-08-11 09:38|| Front Page Top

#7 Spot, I've been investigating and I do not see where Pakistan has ever submitted and of their enriched isotopes for signature analysis. I'm sure we do not have them from North Korea either. Are you aware of Pakistan having complied with this at all?

Posted by Zenster 2004-08-11 21:25|| 2004-08-11 21:25|| Front Page Top

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