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ABC News Broadcasts "How to Smuggle U-238 into the US" on 9/11
ABC News | 9/11/02 | ABC News

Posted on 09/11/2002 7:02:18 PM PDT by jriemer

ABC News just finished broadcasting this evening a primer that I would call, "How to Smuggle Uranium-238 into the US". As if the terrorists don't already know how to do this, the really dumb ones should not be recieving an pointers on how to destroy our Nation -courtesy of the American Media.

When I called into the local ABC affilate, I reached the "viewer line" but the only person who answered the phone A) didn't even care what the national ABC broadcast was even showing on TV and B) didn't even respond to my request to route me to a viewer response voice mail box. The guy just said, "Just call someone else tomorrow."

I've already sent an reply to ABC Nation at- http://www.abcnews.go.com/service/Help/abcmail_news.html

I would suggest that you may contact ABC and let them know that "Hell no, We won't Glow! - That's a Job for Saddam!"

jriemer


TOPICS: Breaking News; Foreign Affairs; Government; News/Current Events; Russia
KEYWORDS: 911; abcnews; uraniumsmuggling
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1 posted on 09/11/2002 7:02:18 PM PDT by jriemer
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To: jriemer
U-238 is not useful for making bombs.
2 posted on 09/11/2002 7:04:08 PM PDT by Paleo Conservative
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Ashwari, with Terrorist and Murderer of Americans Arafat:
"Peter Jennings is my pet hamster.
We are so proud that he threw the American singer
out of the July4th celebration, and are very excited
that our lover has now given us knowledge of how
to smuggle uranium and plutonium into the US.
Thank you Peter. We would not have a chance to
destroy America without you."

3 posted on 09/11/2002 7:06:56 PM PDT by Diogenesis
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To: Paleo Conservative
Paleo,

Figures, I would get it wrong. U-235 / U-238. Hell, I'm so mad at ABC, I surprised I can spell their call letters right.

Jriemer - "never post in anger" x 100

4 posted on 09/11/2002 7:08:20 PM PDT by jriemer
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5 posted on 09/11/2002 7:09:17 PM PDT by crypt2k
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To: jriemer
Given that U-238 can be processed into Pu-239 it would make more sense to smuggle U-238 out of the US.
6 posted on 09/11/2002 7:10:35 PM PDT by crypt2k
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Cryp2k,

Isn't this the "breader" reaction. Pardon my ignorance, I'm a MechE not a NucE.

jriemer

7 posted on 09/11/2002 7:12:09 PM PDT by jriemer
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You're forgetting the part of the report where 5 years ago they found papers of an UBL associate that described the shipping technique they used for this test. The bad guys have known how to do this for years. Even the dumb ones. Only the good guys are clueless apparently. I thought this was an excellent report.

But i did have one question: I thought Bubba said that we didn't have enough on UBL to hold him when Sudan made the offer. The papers that Ross mentions suggest otherwise...

8 posted on 09/11/2002 7:12:36 PM PDT by mewzilla
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The enriched uranium isotope used in bomb manufacture is U-235, and it takes one helluva operation (like the Y-12 facility at Oak Ridge) to separate it out from U-235. The difficulty in pulling out useful quantities is the reason only the first A-bomb was uranium, while more easily created fissionable plutonium was chosen for the second.
9 posted on 09/11/2002 7:13:22 PM PDT by Morgan's Raider
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To: crypt2k
Wow! Beautiful illustration!
10 posted on 09/11/2002 7:13:59 PM PDT by luckodeirish
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To: Diogenesis
That was very good!
11 posted on 09/11/2002 7:15:00 PM PDT by tomahawk
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To: Morgan's Raider
and it takes one helluva operation (like the Y-12 facility at Oak Ridge) to separate it out from U-235

Uh, make that "separate out from U-238."

12 posted on 09/11/2002 7:15:54 PM PDT by Morgan's Raider
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To: Paleo Conservative
U-238 is not useful for making bombs.

More importantly, the depleted uranium used in this stupid, contrived, exploding gas tank type, "story", does not have the radiation signiture that weapons grade or even spent reactor fuel would have. Which may explain why it didn't set off any alarms at various airports. It is just as chemically poisonous of course.

Anybody old enough to remember when most newsmen tried to report the news, not make it (up)?

13 posted on 09/11/2002 7:16:35 PM PDT by El Gato
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To: mewzilla
They did NOT know it would be successful, until
ABC - Jennings betrayed America (again).
14 posted on 09/11/2002 7:16:44 PM PDT by Diogenesis
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Remember that tanker that's sitting off the coast of NJ tonight? I don't think the bad guys were waiting for ABC's report...
15 posted on 09/11/2002 7:18:20 PM PDT by mewzilla
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To: Paleo Conservative
U-238 is not useful for making bombs.

I don't know but still, does that comfort you any?

16 posted on 09/11/2002 7:19:05 PM PDT by Down South P.E.
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To: jriemer
http://www.nidlink.com/~jfromm/nuclear/nuke101g.htm

The Breeder Reactor

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Conventional nuclear reactors use uranium-235 as their fuel. However, uranium-235 makes up less than 1% of naturally occurring uranium. Most uranium occurs as the isotope uranium-238. The only problem is that uranium-238 can't be used in conventional nuclear reactors. It doesn't undergo fission like uranium-235. However, if uranium-238 could be used as a nuclear fuel, there would be sufficient uranium to run nuclear reactors for hundreds of years.

The Breeder Reactor was developed to use uranium-238. Here's how it works. A reactor is built with a core of fissionable plutonium, Pu-239. The plutonium-239 core is surrounded by a layer of uranium-238. As the plutonium-239 undergoes spontaneous fission, it releases neutrons. These neutrons convert uranium-238 to plutonium-239. In other words, this reactor breeds fuel (Pu-239) as it operates. After all the uranium-238 has been changed to plutonium-239, the reactor is refueled.

However, there are some major problems with the breeder reactor. To begin with, plutonium-239 is extremely toxic. If an individual inhales a small amount, he or she will contract lung cancer. Also, the half-life of the material is extremely long, about 24,000 years. This could create an almost impossible disposal problem if large amounts of this material are generated.

Also, because of the nature of the reactor core, water can't be used as a coolant. Instead, liquid sodium must be used. In the event of an accident a catastrophe could develop because sodium reacts violently with water and air.

Although the breeder reactor could solve the uranium fuel problem, there are still a number of other problems that will have to be worked out.

17 posted on 09/11/2002 7:19:12 PM PDT by crypt2k
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To: El Gato
What ABC News smuggled into the country is NOT the point!!!!! The fact that the scum bags are showing terrorist HOW to smuggle is the POINT!!!!!
18 posted on 09/11/2002 7:20:14 PM PDT by Moby Grape
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To: Paleo Conservative
U-238 is not useful for making bombs.

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SSSSh.

19 posted on 09/11/2002 7:24:25 PM PDT by RLK
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To: mewzilla
You are wrong AGAIN. The surveillance techniques are the same.

Jennings/Disney/ABC betrayed the US for ratings.
They are traitors (except Jennings who is not even an American, but sleeps with terrorists).

20 posted on 09/11/2002 7:24:41 PM PDT by Diogenesis
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