Workers Taped Together Explosive Pieces (Pantex Nuclear Plant)

AP/Yahoo ^ | 1-23-2004 | Matt Kelley

[blam]

What's going on out there...?

[Jonathan]

The mind wonders what "potentially unacceptable consequences," are in a nuclear bomb facility!!

Talk about understatement of the year!

[DMCA]

Can't we shoot people that are this stupid?

[null and void]

Can't we shoot people that are this stupid?

No need. They'll eventually kill themselves...

;^)

[U S Army EOD]

No big deal. Explosives used in nuclear devices are quite stable. They didn't hurt a thing.

[MJY1288]

"Pantex officials also downplayed the risk, Conway noted, calling the cracks in the explosive and the fact that workers taped it together a "trivial" change in procedures.

There is nothing "trivial" about the handling of explosive in a plant that's dismantling Nuclear Weapons. Look for a small rise in the unemployment rate next week

[U S Army EOD]

By taping the explosives, it would secure them so they didn't rub against anything. Tape is also a good way of removing small explosive particles or dust from a device.

[MJY1288]

LOL

[Travis McGee]

Typical overheated prose by moron reporters who don't know black powerder from TNT.

[Squantos]

only quick thinking by the technicians prevented them from dropping the explosive........... Professionalism and attention to detail as always .

Stay Safe !

[U S Army EOD]

Actually it was probably a good decision on their part to secure the explosives

[flying Elvis]

Conway's letter does not elaborate on what might have happened if the explosive had detonated. LOL

[U S Army EOD]

If people only knew some of the things we have done.

[DMCA]

The are working with Nuclear Weapons this gives the the capability to kill quite a lot of people along with themselves.

[U S Army EOD]

Basically not very much. It would have killed the guys next to it and the pit would have been blown around a bit but it would be a long way from the end of the world. Everything would have been contained in the facility.

We have had quite a few nukes come to earth inside of burning B52's, B47's, B58's and a few cargo planes. We are still here and the mess was cleaned up.

[U S Army EOD]

Not really.

[MJY1288]

Well, You should be the one to know, I thought you were being sarcastic :-)

It sounded serious to me, explosives that could become unstable around softball sized balls of Weapons grade Plutonium would bring on the pucker factor for me :-)

[flutters]

bttt

[MindBender26]

Used to report/anchor in Amarillo. There would be "little" accidents at least once a year.

In addition, security agents would try to penetrate the plant. Would get in, or get "something" out about once a year as well. Onetime they loaded an entire "something" on a forklift and drove it out of building. Set off detectors, but the testers convinced guards it was the forklift itself, not the device. Idiots.

Security was PRIVATE, by Wakinutt (SP?)

They did have one interesting area, though. To get in there, you had to sign paper that said, if you were detected doing something wrong, you would be given one minute to surrender and come out. After that, the SWAT team would enter the area and kill you, even if you tried (after the one minute) to surrender!

You had to sign notice to that effect to access area.

It got your attention.