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Plutonium theft
Posted: Tue Jul 17, 2018 3:22 pm
by bbhack
These thieves will be dying of cancer or radiation poisoning soon.
https://www.mysanantonio.com/news/loca ... 71072.php
Some DOE employees leave plutonium in the rental vehicle over night. What could go wrong?
Re: Plutonium theft
Posted: Tue Jul 17, 2018 3:25 pm
by BBYC
That's their story and they're sticking to it.
Re: Plutonium theft
Posted: Tue Jul 17, 2018 3:46 pm
by roadkill
Where was Marty McFly the night of the theft? Doc Brown also?
Re: Plutonium theft
Posted: Tue Jul 17, 2018 3:59 pm
by TreyHouston
Police will be pulling over every DeLorean in the nation now!!!
Re: Plutonium theft
Posted: Tue Jul 17, 2018 4:00 pm
by Flightmare
Nah, by 2015 they were using Mr. Fusion instead of plutonium.
Re: Plutonium theft
Posted: Tue Jul 17, 2018 4:02 pm
by Rokyudai
The company will soon be submitting a report to the NRC. Texas is an agreement state. Here you can read other reports and how much goes on without the hyperbole of the media.
https://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/doc-coll ... tus/event/
Re: Plutonium theft
Posted: Tue Jul 17, 2018 5:44 pm
by The Annoyed Man
And THIS is why I have zero confidence in the competence of fedgov't.
Re: Plutonium theft
Posted: Tue Jul 17, 2018 5:57 pm
by Allons
One of the most dangerous substances on earth left on the back seat of a rental car in a crime-ridden area; what could possibly go wrong.
Re: Plutonium theft
Posted: Tue Jul 17, 2018 6:48 pm
by rotor
Everything should be OK in about a million years.
Re: Plutonium theft
Posted: Tue Jul 17, 2018 6:49 pm
by jason812
The Annoyed Man wrote: ↑Tue Jul 17, 2018 5:44 pm
And THIS is why I have zero confidence in the competence of fedgov't.
Except I would say all government from city to the fed.
Was it stolen or sold? That is the question...
Re: Plutonium theft
Posted: Tue Jul 17, 2018 7:22 pm
by flowrie
The first sentence of the story “two security experts”, ha!
Re: Plutonium theft
Posted: Wed Jul 18, 2018 6:51 am
by RoyGBiv
No argument that this is BAD. But what terrible reporting to not be clear that the sample calibration disc quantity was way, way too small to make a bomb, and to fail to discuss the potential (big? Small?) for exposure ramifications should the perps manage to turn the stolen material into a dirty bomb....
This article was nearly useless, except for being another example of Murphys law.
Re: Plutonium theft
Posted: Wed Jul 18, 2018 7:43 am
by Paladin
In the San Antonio incident, the San Antonio police were dumbfounded that the experts from Idaho did not take more precautions. They "should have never left a sensitive instrument like this unattended in a vehicle," said Carlos Ortiz, spokesman for the San Antonio Police Department.
...San Antonio police statistics show that theft was just one of 87 at the Marriott hotel or its parking lot in 2016 and 2017.
Horrible to leave that stuff in the back seat of a vehicle in a high crime zone.
Odd that it hasn't been found yet.
Fortunately these guys are on the job:
Re: Plutonium theft
Posted: Wed Jul 18, 2018 9:49 am
by Lynyrd
Another fine example of how the feds exempt themselves.
Re: Plutonium theft
Posted: Wed Jul 18, 2018 12:03 pm
by bbhack
RoyGBiv wrote: ↑Wed Jul 18, 2018 6:51 am
No argument that this is BAD. But what terrible reporting to not be clear that the sample calibration disc quantity was way, way too small to make a bomb, and to fail to discuss the potential (big? Small?) for exposure ramifications should the perps manage to turn the stolen material into a dirty bomb....
This article was nearly useless, except for being another example of Murphys law.
The article did say they were on the way back to Idaho, which means they also had whatever it was they picked up. There was more radioactive material than the reference samples, one would assume, no thanks to the reporting.