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Mess Deck: General Section => Chit-Chat => Topic started by: wullie/mk2 on September 28, 2011, 07:40:37 pm

Title: missing weapons grade Plutonium,
Post by: wullie/mk2 on September 28, 2011, 07:40:37 pm

I heard on the news today, that Russia has lost 2kg of Plutonium,......

Title: Re: missing weapons grade Plutonium,
Post by: treeboa on September 28, 2011, 07:50:49 pm

wonder if some unhappy ruskie has suddenly `found` a hell of a lot of money  :-X

Title: Re: missing weapons grade Plutonium,
Post by: Shipmate60 on September 28, 2011, 08:15:23 pm

Wullie,
During the break up of the Soviet Union 2 TONS were supposed to be missing!!!

Bob

Title: Re: missing weapons grade Plutonium,
Post by: unbuiltnautilus on September 29, 2011, 02:28:19 pm

Saw the subject heading, would like to say I currently have none missing, but thanks for the interest.

Title: Re: missing weapons grade Plutonium,
Post by: pettyofficernick on September 29, 2011, 02:36:21 pm

Any idea if there is any of it up for sale, only I am building a 1/24th scale fast breeder reactor out of a baked bean tin and will soon be ready to fuel it. %) %) %)

Title: Re: missing weapons grade Plutonium,
Post by: richtea on September 29, 2011, 03:29:30 pm

A more pertinent question would be;
Have ALL the nuclear warheads of the former USSR been accounted for ?

Title: Re: missing weapons grade Plutonium,
Post by: carlmt on September 29, 2011, 03:37:26 pm

With YOUR avatar pettyofficernick, suspicion will surely fall on you.............
Carl

Title: Re: missing weapons grade Plutonium,
Post by: dreadnought72 on September 29, 2011, 04:23:55 pm

I don't know where the missing 2 tonnes are.

...But I suspect they're not all in the same place.  %%

Andy

Title: Re: missing weapons grade Plutonium,
Post by: pettyofficernick on September 29, 2011, 05:18:56 pm

I seem to recall that some time ago the USSR made a quantity of briefcase sized nuclear devices, some of which were unaccounted for after the fall of communism. Of all the reports of alleged missing nuclear material, how many, I wonder are rumours, paranoia, scaremongering or just plain idle speculation, and how many hold a grain of truth. Does anybody in the West really know what went on behind 'The Iron Curtain' since the end of WW2? :-X :-X :-X

Title: Re: missing weapons grade Plutonium,
Post by: thegrimreaper on September 30, 2011, 02:37:05 pm

i`v got it all of it and some of it is powering my Sheerline Akula which go`s like stink surfaced or submerged I can put up with the bleeding gums and hair falling out just to see the look on little johnys face when he sees the glow from under the water  :o %% %)

Title: Re: missing weapons grade Plutonium,
Post by: pettyofficernick on September 30, 2011, 04:48:39 pm

Some was also lost at Sellafield about 5 or 6 years ago, about 30 kilos of plutonium, it seems they put it down to an accounting error. Are these people fit to be in charge of such dangerous material? all that university education and they still manage to loose the stuff!! These guys would be able to tell you the square root of a bean can, but wouldn't have a clue how to open it. %% %%

Title: Re: missing weapons grade Plutonium,
Post by: john s 2 on September 30, 2011, 05:49:45 pm

When any fuel plant is running there will be MUF.Missing unaccounred for.Their will be some in the pipe work.also small losses else where.This over time adds up and can give a suggestion that its been stolen.having said that im sure some muf has been taken or sold by our government, without us being told.John.