Missing Uranium... 2.5t gone walkabout!

[BrettMRC]

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-64972945

Over two tons of uranium has vanished in Libya.

[turbobloke]

That's an ore inspiring bit of news.

[mwstewart]

Not good.

[Lynchie999]

"Its the Libyans!" ... Back to the Future vibes

edit ... its was Plutonium but same as

[Snoggledog]

As it's Yellowcake it shouldn't be too harmful unless someone wanted to bake Victoria sponge with it

[vaud]

EmailAddress said:

<Tom Clancy furiously starts taking notes>

He'll struggle, he's been dead for 10 years.

[Rivenink]

well that sounds ore-ful...

[Some Gump]

vaud said:

He'll struggle, he's been dead for 10 years.

That's what he wanted you to think.

[vaud]

Some Gump said:

That's what he wanted you to think.

Apparently he was quite shocked by 9-11 as the attack mirrored one of his stories.

[Gecko1978]

vaud said:

Some Gump said:

That's what he wanted you to think.

Apparently he was quite shocked by 9-11 as the attack mirrored one of his stories.

Broadly yes I recall but forget name of book which was before sum of all fears.

Re yellow cake don't you have to spin it in a centrifuge to create the unstable uranium used to make a bomb. An is that nit actually quite difficult

[vaud]

Gecko1978 said:

Broadly yes I recall but forget name of book which was before sum of all fears.

Debt of Honor, after Sum of All Fears

[poo at Paul's]

If you cannot trust some unamed Libyan factions in an ungoverned uncontrolled part of the country with your tonnes of radioactive material, who can you trust?

[BrettMRC]

vaud said:

Gecko1978 said:

Broadly yes I recall but forget name of book which was before sum of all fears.

Debt of Honor, after Sum of All Fears

See also: Storming Heaving by Dale Brown

[Man-At-Arms]

vaud said:

Gecko1978 said:

Broadly yes I recall but forget name of book which was before sum of all fears.

Debt of Honor, after Sum of All Fears

i think a JAL 747 was flown into Capitol Building during the Sate Of Union address

[TGCOTF-dewey]

turbobloke said:

That's an ore inspiring bit of news.

I see what U did there.

[eharding]

Gecko1978 said:

Re yellow cake don't you have to spin it in a centrifuge to create the unstable uranium used to make a bomb. An is that nit actually quite difficult

Two hopes of some ne're-do-well turning that yellowcake into a bomb - Bob Hope, and isotope.

[Gecko1978]

eharding said:

Gecko1978 said:

Re yellow cake don't you have to spin it in a centrifuge to create the unstable uranium used to make a bomb. An is that nit actually quite difficult

Two hopes of some ne're-do-well turning that yellowcake into a bomb - Bob Hope, and isotope.

as i recall Iran could not do it an by all accounts its fairly well funded an has some sharp brains so yeah joe average probably just going to get a bout of radiation sickness

however a dirty bomb is much easier to make i recall

[Snoggledog]

Gecko1978 said:

Broadly yes I recall but forget name of book which was before sum of all fears.

Re yellow cake don't you have to spin it in a centrifuge to create the unstable uranium used to make a bomb. An is that nit actually quite difficult

IIRC Yellow cake needs to be turned into a gas (using flourine) which can then be fed into a centrifuge. The isotopes are bled off and added to another centrifuge (rinse and repeat lots of time until you end up with refined Uranium). In order to make enough refined uranium to make something go bang, you need a lot of power and lots of time. Enriched Uranium is stable (although rather dangerous) and will quietly fizz away unless there's a big enough amount to make it go critical.

[gamefreaks]

If anyone has a few hours to waste, this is a great read. https://web.archive.org/web/20081004195210/http:/s...

It's about how 200 tons of YellowCake went missing and then somehow Israel suddenly had enough Uranium to keep Dimona going for a while....

[Gecko1978]

gamefreaks said:

If anyone has a few hours to waste, this is a great read. https://web.archive.org/web/20081004195210/http:/s...

It's about how 200 tons of YellowCake went missing and then somehow Israel suddenly had enough Uranium to keep Dimona going for a while....

Didn't Israel develop nuclear weapons with South Africa who gave them up post apartheid but Israel have never disclosed if they really do have them