U.S. ports of entry on alert after iridium lost

"This makes me feel *much* more secure about shipping all our nuke waste to Yucca Flat"

You have nuclear waste in your home. It is located in the smoke detector. It is also located in every hospital and many medical offices. You can also find it at industrial and manufacturing sites. Many food processing plants have radioactive isotopes.

Nuclear material is shipped every day through every city in the world. Fuel rods and other large shipments pass along major highways everyday and every night. 35% of the worlds electricity is produced by Nuclear power, and is probability powering the computer you are now looking at.

The Yucca mountain shipping issue is the last, "or maybe not the last" series of lawsuits for environmental lawyers to suck $millions. You pay for it everytime you turn on the light switch.

>>This makes me feel *much* more secure about shipping all our nuke waste to Yucca Flat. I mean, what are the odds it could happen twice? (The same reason why you should take your own bomb on airplanes.) <<

You are comparing the third world Mexico with the Industrialized United States stuffed full of enviro whackos who insist on extreme protective measures.

Big difference. However it does go to show what an even bigger threat our Southern border is.

spokesman Vince Bond said ... radiation detectors at ports of entry had not reported any large radiation readings.

Large? How large is large? The implication is that small radiation readings have been detected. How many small make up a large?

"There's no indication that there's any reason for concern whatsoever," said San Diego police spokesman David Cohen.

That seems to be standard issue from officials any more--no need to be concerned, move along, sheeple. The next paragraph in the article states, ...there has been concern that iridium and other commonplace radioactive materials could be used to create a radiological "dirty bomb." MOVE along, sheeple!

"This container is very difficult to open because of the security measures that have been taken with it," he said.

Ever give a "secure" item to a 3-year old? They can have it unsecured in split seconds.

"We have no indication that this is headed for the border to be smuggled across," said Lauren Mack, a spokesman for the Immigration and Naturalization Service.

INS had no indication Mohammed Atta might be a terrorist, either. The INS doesn't exude confidence. The INS can't stop the influx of illegals who are certainly larger than the piece of missing iridium. Oh, but of course, if a terrorist steals iridium, he will definitely want to cross over the border where one of the radiation detectors are, now, wouldn't he.

You are comparing the third world Mexico with the Industrialized United States stuffed full of enviro whackos who insist on extreme protective measures.

You're right. Truck accidents can't happen in the U.S. We're too smart for that. Imagine the wackiness of demanding protective measures with radioactive materials! Haha! Those loons!

I'm sorry- I didn't mean to say that it couldn't happen -just meant that it is a whole lot less likely due to many factors.

On the other hand the enviros are still loons- just cause they might get something right once in awhile doesn't mean they never go overboard ( or that I might call them anything other than the names I always call them). One can take a correct idea and then go way too far. That s just SOP for them.

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