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rangerrebew

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US Gov’t Has “Lost” Enough Radioactive Material to Bomb Nagasaki 800 Times
« on: July 17, 2018, 06:16:40 pm »
US Gov’t Has “Lost” Enough Radioactive Material to Bomb Nagasaki 800 Times

A recent case of "lost" plutonium out of Texas highlights the ominous problem of the federal government losing over 6 tons of radioactive material.
Matt Agorist — July 16, 2018
 
San Antonio, TX — When civilian contractors who use certain radioactive substances to test pipe strength or other inspections “lose” these items, news agencies widely report it and a massive search is conducted until it is found. However, as a recent case out of San Antonio illustrates, when government loses one of the most dangerous radioactive substances on the planet which could be used to create nuclear bombs to wipe out entire countries, all we hear are the proverbial crickets.

In March of 2017, two security experts traveled to San Antonio from the Department of Energy’s Idaho National Laboratory on a highly sensitive mission. They were directed to retrieve extremely dangerous nuclear materials from a research lab.

https://freedomoutpost.com/us-govt-has-lost-enough-radioactive-material-to-bomb-nagasaki-800-times/
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« Reply #1 on: July 17, 2018, 06:17:46 pm »
Is Madam Clinton selling it on the black market? 888sunglass
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Re: US Gov’t Has “Lost” Enough Radioactive Material to Bomb Nagasaki 800 Times
« Reply #2 on: July 17, 2018, 06:21:38 pm »
Quote from: rangerrebew on July 17, 2018, 06:17:46 pm
Is Madam Clinton selling it on the black market? 888sunglass

Ask the 'freedom fighters' in Syria.  They might know.

As might Obama himself.
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Re: US Gov’t Has “Lost” Enough Radioactive Material to Bomb Nagasaki 800 Times
« Reply #3 on: July 17, 2018, 08:02:08 pm »
This is a silly unsourced scare-mongering article.

If you accept the article at face value, which you shouldn't, some simple math should make you go "what???"
It states that it takes 7 pounds of plutonium to make a bomb. Multiply that by the 800 times that Nagasaki can be bombed. That's 5600 pounds of plutonium. Or 2.8 tons. What about the other 3.2 tons that are part of the article's title?

A dirty bomb is only going to kill those that are close enough to be affected by the explosion of the non-nuclear bomb. It is a wonderful scare mechanism, but if a terrorist is looking to maximize carnage, it would be better to put his efforts and funding into making more of the non-nuclear bomb component.

Nuclear material was lost. Ok, here are some things a real article would have answered: How much is fissile? How much is cobalt? Cesium? How much is non-radioactive material that has some radioactive contamination?
Why were these agent in San Antonio allowed to transport plutonium by car? Was it legal?
Who might have the other 5.999 tons of radioactive material?
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