From: Dickey, Michael F (michael_f_dickey@groton.pfizer.com)
Date: Mon Sep 30 2002 - 08:06:22 MDT
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From: Jeff Davis [mailto:jrd1415@yahoo.com]
Sent: Saturday, September 28, 2002 4:27 PM
To: extropians@extropy.org
Subject: Re: The Plot Thickens
Finally, at the link below, take a look at the picture
of the uranium. Can you put 15 kilos of near-bomb
grade uranium in an 'ingot' as shown without having a
criticality problem? Which brings up the question of
just how 'weapons grade' it is (presuming it really is
uranium), and how it came to be characterized as such?
(I think it reasonable to conclude that very few
readers would be likely to pick up on these 'subtler'
points of the matter.)
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Jeff,
The article referenced may have been updated, but now says
"Turkish police say they have seized 100 grams of weapons grade uranium,
which had been smuggled into the country from Eastern Europe. At first
officers announced gave the quantity as 15 kilograms (34.5 pounds) but later
explained that this included the weight of a lead container"
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/2286597.stm
Michael
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