Posted on 11/05/2004 8:37:20 AM PST by dmartin
VIENNA, Austria - U.N. experts have found traces of plutonium near an Egyptian nuclear facility and are investigating whether it could be weapons-related or simply a byproduct of the countrys peaceful atomic activities, diplomats told The Associated Press on Friday.
The diplomats, speaking on condition of anonymity, warned against assuming that Egypt might have contravened the Nonproliferation Treaty by trying to separate plutonium, a substance used in nuclear weapons. The traces could be from a cracked research reactor fuel element or have other origins that have nothing to do with weapons research, they said.
From time to time, these things pop up in places they should not be at, said a diplomat familiar with the investigations of the Vienna-based International Atomic Energy Agency. Most of the time, there is a reasonable answer.
Uh-huh. I believe ya. Sure! < /sarcasm>
Maybe Muhammad El Baradei left a suitcase at home with his personal stash.
BTTT!
Our government labs sell research isotopes like this all the time, and it is really no big deal unless you ingest the stuff: http://www.ornl.gov/sci/isotopes/r_pu242.html
Until we get more info, this should be regarded as a non-story.
USA: Traces of brains found at UN.
Yes, and it seems always in Islamic Nations. Pure Co-inky-dink I am sure.
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