Moldova seizes 2kg Uranium-238, traffickers inc. former interior min. officials

[tampam4]

http://www.skynews.com.au/topstories/article.aspx?id=504131&articleID=

They wanted to sell it for 9 million Euros. It can't start a chain reaction on it's own, but can be converted into plutonium according to article.

[TOrrock]

I wouldn't be worried about a fission or fusion bomb, I'd be more worried about someone getting ahold of that and making a dirty bomb and parking it in DC or a major Western European city.

[tampam4]

That was my thought as well. How large of an area could one contaminate with 2 kilos of that stuff? Even if not very big, the effects would be devastating in a heavily populated, dense city.

[mr_smiles]

I'm more worried about some redneck renting a uhaul with a forged dl.

I think we discussed this in an earlier thread, the biggest danger of a dirty bomb is the explosion not the radiation.

[Complication]

I'm more worried about some redneck renting a uhaul with a forged dl.

I think we discussed this in an earlier thread, the biggest danger of a dirty bomb is the explosion not the radiation.

I believe I read a news article somewhere (big grain of salt warning) stating that you'd have to stand within a few feet of the explosion for a few hundred years or something to get contaminated enough for it to be a danger.

I agree that the explosion is more dangerous than the radiation. But I think the panic and fear (as with most terror weapons or tactics) are much more dangerous than any direct casualties.

[kaiservontexas]

2KG is 4.4lbs of uranium, but processing that would take time, equipment, and would be far short of required needs if I read right.

[Moose-Knuckle]

The DOE face shooters might take an interest in these ass clowns.