[Centurion2000]

CONFIRMATION OF NEUTRON EMISSIONS.

Earlier someone was talking about the neutron emissions. Here's an excerpt from a news story

A U.S. government official, speaking on condition of anonymity, told NBC News that the NEST scientists said the initial readings indicated the presence of both gamma and neutron emissions, which can be an indicator of an improvised nuclear device.

Link : MSNBC News

[John H K]

You do provide a link, but it's pretty misleading to leave out OTHER quotes from the same story:

"There, tests by Energy Department inspectors produced contradictory results, with one showing elevated radiation levels and another indicating normal levels. As a result, the ship was ordered back to sea for a definitive determination on whether any radioactive material was on board."

"But the official stressed that there is nothing to indicate anything more than background radiation at this point."

[chemainus]

It is a fact the ship carried nuclear material that was "hot" . Period. The question now is WHAT KIND and HOW MUCH and WHERE IS IT NOW and WHO are the players in all directions. The signature of the material is quickly ascertained. Samples are placed in a programmed counter of various emissions and energy profiles. The big question is where the stuff is now. What were the ships stops , port of call, AFTER the Straits of Malacca and the various Muslim and Muslim/Balkan stops?

[EternalHope]

From the MSNBC article you cited:
A U.S. government official, speaking on condition of anonymity, told NBC News that the NEST scientists said the initial readings indicated the presence of both gamma and neutron emissions, which can be an indicator of an improvised nuclear device.

But the official stressed that there is nothing to indicate anything more than background radiation at this point.

Thanks for catching this, and posting the link to the article.

Neutron emissions would mean it was really bad stuff. A nuke, or a dirty bomb made with waste from a nuclear reactor.

But if neutron emissions were really there, and now are gone...