Weapons-Grade Uranium Disappears

[Rhino]

17 Pounds of Weapons-Grade Uranium Disappear in China
Friday, August 24, 2007

BEIJING — Authorities said that 17 pounds of weapons-grade uranium disappeared and that a verdict in the trial of four men accused of trying to sell the radioactive material will be delayed until it is found, state media reported Friday.

The report was the first public word that uranium was missing....http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,294398,00.html

[garlicguy]

Makes you wonder if the Chinese toy manufacturers will be introducing some interesting new toys for Christmas, doesn't it?

[Lazarus]

Makes you wonder if the Chinese toy manufacturers will be introducing some interesting new toys for Christmas, doesn't it?Glow-in-the-Dark Elmo?!

Bwahahahaha:roar:

[buckeyepete]

I guess we'll be hearing about a few more Chinese dudes hanging themselves in the near future......................

[garlicguy]

Glow-in-the-Dark Elmo?!

Bwahahahaha:roar:

Perhaps a few others:

Nuclear Armed GI Joe?

SeaView Submarine with a Surprise?

Ken and Barbie: Gone Fission?

[DesertFox]

'Member RoboCop?

Nuke 'Em!

Get them before they get you!

[Beowulf]

But...but...China is our friend!!!! Our trading buddy!! They don't want to do anything bad to us!!!

[DoctorDoom]

If anything particularly useful could be done with 17 pounds of it, it would be more worrisome. Depending on the isotope of uranium, the minimum critical mass for a sphere (the shape requiring the least mass) is either 15 kg (U-233) or 50 kg (U-235). 17 pounds is 7.7 kg. It won't go bang.

[DesertFox]

They'll use it to poison people's drinks, like the Russkies did that one dude.