[harpseal]

Just so you realize what precisely the situation is. The CG when they decided to bring the vessel into port for a detailed inspection was most concerned about stowaways. It was while searching for stoways that the radiation alert was sounded. Now if there were stoways then and there are none now??? The possibility of an underwater hatch is not all that remote.

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[TrappedInLiberalHell]

The possibility of an underwater hatch is not all that remote.

And it might jibe with those warnings issued several months back about scuba shops and kayaks.

[r9etb]

It was while searching for stoways that the radiation alert was sounded.

Short of there being a standard search for radioactive stowaways, this doesn't explain how/why they happened to detect the radioactivity in the first place.

I'm ignorant here: does customs usually search for radioactivity?

[EternalHope]

It was while searching for stoways that the radiation alert was sounded. Now if there were stoways then and there are none now??? The possibility of an underwater hatch is not all that remote.

The inspectors heard suspicious sounds from the ship's hold. They found nothing to explain the sounds.

I was quite happy to ignore this part of the story until you brought this up. WHAT WERE THE NOISES?