[SeeSharp]

From the article...

Colonel Richardson is adamant that it is incapable of a nuclear explosion because it lacks the vital plutonium trigger.

So technically it wasn't even a nuclear weapon when it was lost. It won't be emitting any radiation either.

[Washi]

From the article... Colonel Richardson is adamant that it is incapable of a nuclear explosion because it lacks the vital plutonium trigger. So technically it wasn't even a nuclear weapon when it was lost. It won't be emitting any radiation either.

That's how I read it.

So why was it necessary to dump it in the first place if it were incapable of a nuclear explosion?