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2012-01-19 Africa North

Radioactive material said stolen from Egypt plant

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Posted by Steve White 2012-01-19 00:00|| || Front Page|| [1 views ] Top

#1 Won't be hard to find, look for fresh graves, With a Geiger counter.

Or Glow in the dark Baddies.

Posted by Redneck Jim 2012-01-19 00:35|| 2012-01-19 00:35|| Front Page Top

#2 perhaps the Jooooos should make a promise:
if any radioactive shit comes over in a mortar/rocket? More will come back. Seriously

Posted by Frank G 2012-01-19 00:35|| 2012-01-19 00:35|| Front Page Top

#3 Why is there radioactive material on-site for a power plant still under construction?

Posted by trailing wife 2012-01-19 08:12|| 2012-01-19 08:12|| Front Page Top

#4 Often it's used to 'X-ray' foundation, cement pours and plumbing while under construction TW. A older method for examining cast structures.

Less than medical grade in potency, I think.

Posted by Skidmark 2012-01-19 08:45|| 2012-01-19 08:45|| Front Page Top

#5 X-ray all welds too. Probably Cobalt 60 sources unless things changed over the decades.

Posted by Penguin 2012-01-19 08:57|| 2012-01-19 08:57|| Front Page Top

#6 Probably Cobalt 60 sources

That hasn't changed much, fyi.

Posted by Mullah Richard 2012-01-19 09:21|| 2012-01-19 09:21|| Front Page Top

#7 Is it still considered stealing when the authorities give you directions and the keys?

Frank G has the right response although I would include any other means of delivery too.

Posted by AlanC 2012-01-19 09:28|| 2012-01-19 09:28|| Front Page Top

#8 They might want to pass on the idea of launching Cobalt 60 tipped rockets, since much of the time they can't even hit Israel with rockets launched from Gaza.

Posted by Glenmore 2012-01-19 09:51|| 2012-01-19 09:51|| Front Page Top

#9 I were them I would pass on the Cobalt 60 rockete idea just in case Israel retaliated with Ursnium 235 or Plutonium 239 rockets.

Posted by JFM 2012-01-19 11:22|| 2012-01-19 11:22|| Front Page Top

#10 I'm no expert on things like this but I have to wonder if the IAEA or some other body has some kind of a standard requirement for the posting of guards at nuke sites. Did the thieves walk right past the guards, did the guards help the thieves or were there no guards at all? Not even a single, solitary, lonely rent-a-cop?

Posted by Ebbang Uluque6305 2012-01-19 12:16|| 2012-01-19 12:16|| Front Page Top

#11 They didn't say how much and of what kind.

A dirty bomb is hard to do right. Too much explosive and the radiation is diluted. Too little explosive and nobody notices. You also need enough quantity of radioactive material. A few grams isn't enough.

Redneck Jim probably has it about right.

Posted by Mike Ramsey 2012-01-19 14:30|| 2012-01-19 14:30|| Front Page Top

#12 My bet is Iridium 192 with a short 73 day half life. Still not something you want to carrying around in your pocket unless you are already one of the Pharoah's eunnuch.

Posted by Jack is Back! 2012-01-19 15:30|| 2012-01-19 15:30|| Front Page Top

#13 What a lovely session of Rantburg University! Thank you all. :-)

Posted by trailing wife 2012-01-19 17:03|| 2012-01-19 17:03|| Front Page Top

#14 Apparently this happened *during* the extended protests.

This is the el-Dabaa plant that was attacked.

Posted by Anonymoose 2012-01-19 17:37|| 2012-01-19 17:37|| Front Page Top

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