To: KQQL
...spent reactor fuel rods, and wrapping it around readily-available conventional explosives.What a crock! Merely having eye-contact with one of those rods for a few seconds is fatal. How are they going to
- Procure one in the first place. You can't just buy them at your local hardware store.
- Transport it to Afghanistan. You really don't want to check a 20' long hot, glowing rod with your baggage for the flight.
- Cut through the zirconium sheath to remove the spent fuel pellets.
- Handle the "bomb" when they had done all this?
I repeat, this article is a crock.
To: snopercod
I repeat, this article is a crock.
maybe,maybe not never the less all possible scenerio's should be looked at.
To: snopercod
Large fuel rods, yes, I agree with you. However, what about rods from research reactors, or Cesium or Cobalt irradiation rods. It would take a lot of lead to transport, and the handlers themselves would probably receive a lethal dose (they are suicidal anyway), but it is a threat.
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