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To: MamaDearest

There is no evidence that the weapons-grade plutonium has been stolen or diverted for illegal purposes

Well what on earth would anyone want it for other than illegal purposes?


3,404 posted on 11/30/2005 8:20:12 PM PST by DAVEY CROCKETT (Merry Christmas to ALL!)
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To: DAVEY CROCKETT
Well what on earth would anyone want it for other than illegal purposes?

Snip: Uses: bombs, nuclear reactors

Snip: The Los Angeles Times[2] says that one ten-thousandth of a gram (0.1 milligram) inhaled can cause cancer. This is correct: we have already estimated that 0.08 milligrams inhaled will have 100% probability of causing a fatal cancer. To inhale 0.1 milligram of plutonium, however, a person would have to inhale more than seven hundred thousand particles. (A single 0.1-milligram particle would have a diameter of over 260 micrometers, about 90 times too big to be readily inhaled.) Although a single respirable particle is unlikely to harm an individual,[13] there is still cause for concern if plutonium were to be dispersed in the atmosphere.

A perspective on the dangers of plutonium

3,407 posted on 11/30/2005 9:38:39 PM PST by MamaDearest
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