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Truck carrying 6000 lbs of Uranium overturns in NC
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| 12/21/06
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Posted on 12/21/2006 8:04:13 PM PST by cowtowney
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TOPICS: Breaking News; Business/Economy; Culture/Society; US: North Carolina
KEYWORDS: uranium
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posted on
12/21/2006 8:04:15 PM PST
by
cowtowney
To: cowtowney
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posted on
12/21/2006 8:06:36 PM PST
by
cowtowney
To: cowtowney
Is it depleted? I can not see it being fissible material.
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posted on
12/21/2006 8:06:40 PM PST
by
Bogey78O
(<thinking of new tagline>)
To: cowtowney
Uranium in itself is only weakly radioactive. This should be a complete non-story.
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posted on
12/21/2006 8:08:15 PM PST
by
JHBowden
(President Giuliani in 2008! Law and Order. Solid Judges. Free Markets. Killing Terrorists.)
To: cowtowney
--gee whiz-think what might have happened if it was gasoline---!!!!!
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posted on
12/21/2006 8:08:29 PM PST
by
rellimpank
(-don't believe anything the MSM states about firearms or explosives--NRA Benefactor)
To: cowtowney
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posted on
12/21/2006 8:08:38 PM PST
by
cmsgop
( Axis of Evil = North Korea, Iran, Kevin Federline)
To: cowtowney
Benson, NC, which is about 30 miles south of Raleigh.
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posted on
12/21/2006 8:08:39 PM PST
by
cowtowney
To: cowtowney
To: cowtowney
it's probably in some sort of bomb proof container; and it's not that much by volume anyway- a hair over 5 cubic feet (uranium is extremely dense)
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posted on
12/21/2006 8:11:37 PM PST
by
verum ago
(The Iranian Space Agency: set phasers to jihad!)
To: cowtowney
Did it fall on Hillary? ........No? Then why are you posting this? Why is this news then?
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posted on
12/21/2006 8:11:56 PM PST
by
Screamname
(My name is Screamname and I approve this message.)
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To: DaveLoneRanger
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posted on
12/21/2006 8:14:02 PM PST
by
GoRepGo
To: cowtowney
Authorities seal off the area...but say that it isn't harmful. Why such protective measures if there is no harm?
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posted on
12/21/2006 8:15:42 PM PST
by
endthematrix
(Both poverty and riches are the offspring of thought.)
If I were in the area I'd be trying to find a way to tote it off. That stuff is worth some bucks!
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posted on
12/21/2006 8:15:44 PM PST
by
KarinG1
(Opinions expressed in this post are my own and do not necessarily represent those of sane people.)
One of two people in the truck suffered minor injuries, and no other vehicles were involved, he said. "There's no threat to the public," Clendenin said. "It's a low grade uranium."
Nothing to see here.
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posted on
12/21/2006 8:16:13 PM PST
by
BykrBayb
(Be careful what you ask for, and even more careful what you demand. Þ)
To: KarinG1
That's what I was thinking...security from theft.
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posted on
12/21/2006 8:17:05 PM PST
by
endthematrix
(Both poverty and riches are the offspring of thought.)
To: TaxRelief; Constitution Day; Alia
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posted on
12/21/2006 8:18:19 PM PST
by
upchuck
(How to win the WOT? Simple: set our rules of engagement to at least match those of our enemy.)
To: cowtowney
Well, this oughta keep all the nuke NIMBY's active for at least ten years!
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posted on
12/21/2006 8:20:11 PM PST
by
aShepard
To: cowtowney
It's probably Uranium hexafluoride. The Nuclear Fuels division of GE has a facility in Wilmington, NC. Tri State Motor Transit (TSMT) carries most of this material. The UF6 is transported inside several nested containers. There is little or no danger to the public. Definitely not useful for a bomb and in no danger of exploding.
This is all just a guess on my part but I'll bet I'm pretty close.
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posted on
12/21/2006 8:23:22 PM PST
by
SunTzuWu
To: Howlin
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posted on
12/21/2006 8:23:56 PM PST
by
StarFan
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