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Nigeria Warns of Missing Nuclear Material
Newsday.com ^ | February 21, 2003, 6:05 PM EST | Associated Press

Posted on 02/21/2003 3:50:13 PM PST by freeperfromnj

LAGOS, Nigeria -- Nigeria issued a warning Friday over missing radioactive material, saying an oil company in the oil-rich Niger Delta had reported the loss.

The short announcement, on Nigerian TV, gave few details -- leaving unanswered how much material was missing, and where, among other questions.

Citing the West African nation's nuclear regulatory agency, state TV said an unspecified oil company had reported metal contaminated with radioactive material was missing from its operations.

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1 posted on 02/21/2003 3:50:13 PM PST by freeperfromnj
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To: freeperfromnj
Weapons grade? Or just a radiological menace?
2 posted on 02/21/2003 3:50:47 PM PST by Bush2000
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To: freeperfromnj
They'll give it back, but you have to give them your bank account first.
3 posted on 02/21/2003 3:52:06 PM PST by Interesting Times
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To: freeperfromnj; Dog Gone; AdamSelene235
This is a non-story.

Clay is radioactive. Some kitchen tiles from Mexico will peg your geiger counter.

Oil companies drill down through clay to reach oil.

They lay pipe through this clay to pump the oil through.

This pipe becomes tainted with radiation that would get regulators to close most American nuclear facilities (only because the radioactivity of a normal, healthy banana peel would likewise get a nuke plant closed).

Whoa. Oil company gets some old pipe stolen. Yeah, it's radioactive, but not dangerous to human health, and certainly not "weapons grade".

Unless some major details are missing from the report above, this is a non-issue.

4 posted on 02/21/2003 3:55:59 PM PST by Southack (Media bias means that Castro won't be punished for Cuban war crimes against Black Angolans in Africa)
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To: Southack
This is a non-story.

Tell it to the AP. I don't feel comfortable with radioactive material of any type, in the hands of possible operatives in that part of the world.

5 posted on 02/21/2003 4:04:55 PM PST by freeperfromnj
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To: Southack
I do not know anything about a one curie source that got lost down a test well. At least that is what my supervisor told me to say if anyone ever asked about it (back in the 70's)...
6 posted on 02/21/2003 4:07:50 PM PST by error99 ("I believe stupidity should hurt."...used by permission from null and void all copyrights apply...)
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To: Interesting Times
They'll give it back, but you have to give them your bank account first.

ROFLMAO

7 posted on 02/21/2003 4:12:25 PM PST by kanawa (Live right, Die right)
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To: Southack
Well and truly stated. But, look at the source, AP ... Anti-american Pukes.
8 posted on 02/21/2003 4:13:59 PM PST by MHGinTN (If you can read this, you've had life support from someone. Promote Life Support for others.)
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To: MHGinTN
look at the source, AP ... Anti-american Pukes.

That may well be true - but it is still one of the most quoted sources for stories that I've seen on this forum.

9 posted on 02/21/2003 4:18:00 PM PST by freeperfromnj
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To: Southack
I deliberately have increased my gamma dose to 20 X the background. Great for auto-immune disorders such as asthma.
10 posted on 02/21/2003 4:42:16 PM PST by AdamSelene235 (Like all the jolly good fellows, I drink my whiskey clear.)
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To: Interesting Times
You want in? It is a little illegal( not in the US ), but I don't want to be greedy and you being a fellow freeper and all,.... why I am more than willing to share.
11 posted on 02/21/2003 4:44:50 PM PST by Leisler
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To: Bush2000
Weapons grade? Or just a radiological menace?

Could be just an old X-ray machine, I would think.

12 posted on 02/21/2003 4:45:15 PM PST by Willie Green (Go Pat Go!!!)
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To: Leisler

What do you want to bet that the Lads from Lagos start sending out emails to people giving them a cut of the proceeds of the sale of "weapons grade" to the Egyptians.

Be Seeing You,

Chris

13 posted on 02/21/2003 4:50:09 PM PST by section9 (The girl in the picture is Major Motoko Kusanagi from "Ghost In the Shell". Any questions?)
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To: AdamSelene235
How?
14 posted on 02/21/2003 4:58:12 PM PST by e_engineer
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To: e_engineer
Chunk of uranium oxide under my bed. Check out Art Robinson's research into radiation "hormesis". Its briefly mentioned in the article "A Scientist Finds Independence" in my profile.
15 posted on 02/21/2003 5:04:14 PM PST by AdamSelene235 (Like all the jolly good fellows, I drink my whiskey clear.)
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To: Southack
That's correct. Oil companies have to take precautions with the material, but only because of an abundance of caution. It's not going to hurt anyone.
16 posted on 02/22/2003 7:13:54 AM PST by Dog Gone
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To: Southack
This AP story from Tuesday speculates that the material is cesium-137. Nigeria has no known nuclear program and no known uranium. No info on the quantity or the exact time frame it “disappeared.”

I can’t help wondering if this (the possibility of a dirty bomb) is intentionally designed to scare us into holding off on Iraq – a bit much of a coincidence: think North Korea, and Iran's casual tip-off that it just happens to be mining fissionable ore.

17 posted on 02/28/2003 12:31:33 PM PST by browardchad
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