IAEA declares "nuclear emergency" in Nigeria

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[maestro]

Looks like a WW-III possibility.

:-(

[maestro]

Your#59)

good sense of humor in the face of grim news. What will happen when a dirty bo*b goes off on Wall street? I guess you better short the market.

:-(

[AndrewC]

Yes, that'll do. And I'm not trying to minimize the concern here, just trying to keep it rational. :)

Likewise. And also this is from the article on the air dispersion of plutonium.

It should be pointed out that our simple estimate of 960 additional cancer deaths is pessimistic to the point of not being credible. Certainly the amount of plutonium inhaled would be greatly reduced by evacuation (or at least a retreat indoors) if a cloud of plutonium particles persisted over a city for many hours. Even a light breeze (5 km/hr) would carry the cloud beyond a city the size of Munich (20 km x 20 km) in a few hours. In any case, it is unbelievable that the total population, 4300 people per square kilometer, under the cloud would be outside breathing contaminated air for almost four days. As stated above, a light breeze would carry the contamination beyond a city in a few hours. Thus a better estimate of the exposure time might be made by assuming that the diurnal variation causes such a breeze and the cloud remains over the city for only 12 hours. In this case the amount of plutonium inhaled would be about 10 milligrams, leading to the still pessimistic expectation of about 120 additional deaths due to cancer. As a matter of fact, it is unlikely that the dispersion of 200 grams of plutonium would result in any observable increase in the number of expected deaths (860) due to cancer.

[Poohbah]

URGENT AND CONFIDENTIAL

My name is Jonas Mdelbe. I recently acquired several kilograms of highly radioactive material from an al-Qaeda operative dying of radiation poisoning, along with a passbook savings account. Your name was recommended to me as a trustworthy person.

I need a bank account & authorization codes to transfer $62.5 million from the al-Qaeda Radiation Bombing Program account. I propose sharing the resulting proceeds out 5% for me, 90% for you, and 5% for various officials.

[sam_paine]

Thank you for the appropriate level of alarm in your response as indicated by multiple exclamation points. Move along. ;-/

[LikeLight]

No, I am Jonas Mdelbe. It's $67.5 million. And I only keep 4%.

[dighton]

Dear Mr. Mdelbe:

By a remarkable coincidence, I possess several physics packages, and will eagerly participate in this scheme of mutual advantage. Please fax your coordinates to me at the First Bank of Minot, North Dakota.

[ffusco]

Did you hear the one about the dieting physicist?

He wouldn't eat avagodros because he was watching his atomic weight.

Groan!

[Diana Rose]

ROFL that is sick ROFL

[TheBattman]

Yes, VERY interesting.... Of course, many of us on FR have theorized that France is so deep in illegal deals with Iraq that they are blocking action there to protect themselves....

This would be one more item for the speculation pile.

[ffusco]

Are you delerious from hours in the lab? Thank you!

[Tennessee_Bob]

Better yet, turn out the lights and kill anybody that glows.

Better not come to Oak Ridge with that attitude...

[riri]

He's going to take down Iraq AND the U.N. in the same pass

If GWB is the man to take doen the UN, then pass me to the front of the line for the Kool Aid. He will be my hero.

[Tennessee_Bob]

I am in current in possession of 20 pounds of silica based material with atomic nuclei.

Greetings to you Mr. Sam Paine. Your name given me by a mutual friend of ours. I am currently having access to 367 million dollars currently locked away in the first Nigerian bank of trust. I am unable to gain access to this moneys because my uncle died without give me the key codes to acccess it. I feel withyour help, I would be able to acccess it and would bewilling to give you 15% of the fund in exchange for your nuclear matieral sand. Please andser as soon as poosible by return post.

Thanks you.

[Diana Rose]

LOL You ever see a drawing of avagodros?

[ffusco]

If that silica based material fell into the wrong hands, it could create an exothermic reaction!


Tricalcium silicate + Water--->Calcium silicate hydrate+Calcium hydroxide + heat

2 Ca3SiO5 + 7 H2O ---> 3 CaO.2SiO2.4H2O + 3 Ca(OH)2 + 173.6kJ

I pray every night this never happens

[ffusco]

Was he pretty well endowed? LOL

[Stefan Stackhouse]

The initial report was that the stolen stuff was cesium-137. If that is true, that would make a fairly nasty radiological bomb.

It would not be the end of the world if such a bomb were set off. But I can imagine scenarios that could create a level of terror, panic, chaos, and economic disruption rivaling 9/11.

[anniegetyourgun]

He's done nothing but diss the U.N. (particularly in their nutty conferences) and is now in the process of pulling down their pants so the world can see that they have none.

P.S. It's really not necessary to drink Kool Aid to appreciate the work of this president. He's neither a savior nor the anti-Christ. Rather, he is doing the very best he can with the times in which he governs. I think history will judge him to be a man of character and common sense - which, as we know, is not very common these days. Besides, the only alternative to this President is a man who thinks he is the president.

[riri]

P.S. It's really not necessary to drink Kool Aid to appreciate the work of this president

I know, I was just being silly.

But I am pretty serious when I say, the day the boxes start packing at the UN will be among the happiest for me.