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Russia Uranium Plant Blast Kills 1, Injures Many
Newsmax ^ | 14 July 2023 | Michael Katz

Posted on 07/14/2023 6:24:49 PM PDT by Hamiltonian

One person was killed and more than 100 were hospitalized Friday in an explosion at the world's largest uranium enrichment plant in central Russia's Ural mountains.

The incident in a workshop at the Ural Electrochemical Combine in Novouralsk happened after a cylinder with depleted uranium hexafluoride was "depressurized" at about 9 a.m. local time, according to Rosatom, Russia's state nuclear corporation, which owns the plant. Local news outlet E1 referred to the incident as an explosion.....

Vyacheslav Tyumentsev, head of the Novouralsk Urban District, told residents not to panic.

"I appeal to the residents of Novouralsk with a request not to panic, not to spread messages through instant messengers," he wrote, according to E1. "Take care of your loved ones, explain to friends and family that there is no danger. The situation is under control."......

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TOPICS: Extended News; Foreign Affairs; Front Page News; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: nuclear; nuclearaccident; rosatomurnanium1; russia; ukraine
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Wonder how "depreesurization" of a cylinder full of depleted UF6 could put 100 people in the hospital........

Noone is better at self-nuking than Russians.

1 posted on 07/14/2023 6:24:49 PM PDT by Hamiltonian
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To: Hamiltonian

“ Take care of your loved ones, explain to friends and family that there is no danger. The situation is under control.”

“There is no graphite!”

L


2 posted on 07/14/2023 6:27:47 PM PDT by Lurker ( Peaceful coexistence with the Left is not possible. Stop pretending that it is.)
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To: Hamiltonian

putin has problems at home


3 posted on 07/14/2023 6:30:43 PM PDT by Sunsong
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To: Hamiltonian

Doesn’t matter. Russian nuclear bombs are already deployed and likely able to EVADE anything the West has.

Sadly, though (for civilians), the Neocons will have to learn the above the HARD WAY, as they’ve been learning about Western “Wonder Weapons” getting wiped out in Ukraine.


4 posted on 07/14/2023 6:33:25 PM PDT by BobL (Trump has all the right Enemies; DeSantis has all the wrong Friends)
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To: Sunsong

Luckily everything is perfect here…


5 posted on 07/14/2023 6:38:04 PM PDT by EEGator
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To: BobL
Neocons ain't the problem for the Russians. Russians are the problem, like we saw a couple of weeks ago.

As for the Rooshin weapons, their parts were probably traded for vodka in the export market.

6 posted on 07/14/2023 6:38:47 PM PDT by Hamiltonian
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To: Hamiltonian

If Russia is its own worst enemy, then we need not worry.


7 posted on 07/14/2023 6:42:21 PM PDT by EEGator
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To: Hamiltonian

Some people might have breathed it. The stuff would do major damage to the lungs of people who breathed it in.

Why the plant would have 100 people in the vicinity is beyond my knowledge.

Uranium enrichment is a lot of work, but it should be automated as much as practical.


8 posted on 07/14/2023 6:42:38 PM PDT by Brian Griffin (ARTICLE I SECTION 2....The President...may require the opinion, in writing)
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If Russia is its own worst enemy, then we need not worry.

Good point. All we need to do help them propogate their national psychoses.

9 posted on 07/14/2023 6:44:35 PM PDT by Hamiltonian
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“Neocons ain’t the problem for the Russians.”

There isn’t any debate as to Neocon involvement in starting this war - it is FULLY documented. The ONLY debate, at this point, is whether the war is worth the lives lost.


10 posted on 07/14/2023 6:44:40 PM PDT by BobL (Trump has all the right Enemies; DeSantis has all the wrong Friends)
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To: Hamiltonian

UF6 dissociates into HF in moist air. Very very bad.


11 posted on 07/14/2023 6:45:03 PM PDT by Steely Tom ([Voter Fraud] == [Civil War])
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Presumably the employees in the building (100?) had full face respirators.


12 posted on 07/14/2023 6:48:01 PM PDT by Hamiltonian
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No, we need to do nothing.
Ukraine has got this. Time to fix our domestic problems.


13 posted on 07/14/2023 6:48:03 PM PDT by EEGator
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To: BobL
There isn’t any debate as to Neocon involvement in starting this war - it is FULLY documented.

What is fully documented is the Red Army invading Ukraine, having their dupas handed to them in the first three days, and then 17 months of gratuitous destruction while the occupants of the Kremlin try to salvage whatever they can, including their lives and bank accounts.

14 posted on 07/14/2023 6:52:42 PM PDT by Hamiltonian
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“What is fully documented is the Red Army invading Ukraine”

You only look like a fool saying the above. You won’t change anyone’s minds here, WE ALL KNOW what led up to this war. You’ll be better off posting on Reddit or DU.


15 posted on 07/14/2023 6:57:57 PM PDT by BobL (Trump has all the right Enemies; DeSantis has all the wrong Friends)
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>>>>What is fully documented is the Red Army invading Ukraine, having their dupas handed to them in the first three days, and then 17 months of gratuitous destruction while the occupants of the Kremlin try to salvage whatever they can<<<<<

Russia is losing so badly they only have occupied 20% of Ukraine’s territory. Ukraine is winning so well they are on their third army as the first two have been wiped out.

Meanwhile Russia has mobilized hundreds of thousands of troops and have been training them for months. When Ukraine’s lines snap, the only question is how much territory will Putin decide to snatch.


16 posted on 07/14/2023 7:02:38 PM PDT by BJ1
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No, Russia actually did invade Ukraine, back in February of last year. Noone put a gun to their rather small heads and told them to do it. They did it themselves.

Here's a link from last year:

Russia Invades Ukraine in Europe's 'Darkest Hours' Since WWII

17 posted on 07/14/2023 7:04:42 PM PDT by Hamiltonian
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To: BJ1

Whatever.


18 posted on 07/14/2023 7:05:38 PM PDT by Hamiltonian
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To: Hamiltonian

U235 is probably the most unique element-Isotope in the entire Periodic Table.
A little known fact is more people have been killed from U235 Prompt Critical events than any other element-isotope.
Just standing near a sub critical mass can cause it to go Prompt.

And yet without, the entire world of nuclear science would vanish.
I still think that Seaborg’s original creation of Pu239 was an attempt to create more U235.

It DOES work but Pu239 -> U235 decay has 1/2 life of 24,000 years


19 posted on 07/14/2023 7:09:14 PM PDT by Zathras
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If you think you’ll get away with the “Putin woke up on the wrong side of the bed, and thus decided to Invade Ukraine” line, feel free to keep pushing it.

But your POSTING HISTORY here shows you weren’t very interested in conservative causes...going back to 1998, but Ukraine sure lit you up. Shall I ping the mods to take a closer look at your account?


20 posted on 07/14/2023 7:09:17 PM PDT by BobL (Trump has all the right Enemies; DeSantis has all the wrong Friends)
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