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How the US Saved Half a Ton of Uranium

Postby Zancarius » Tue Sep 29, 2009 11:05 am

During the end of the Cold War, tons and tons of weapons-grade uranium and plutonium went unaccounted for in various Soviet satellite nations. Here’s a great article on one such incident where the US was able to recover about a half ton of highly refined uranium from Kazakhstan.

It's long (4 pages) but worth reading.
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Postby Grimblast » Tue Sep 29, 2009 11:21 am

Very interesting story. And to think we bought it to keep it out of the wrong hands. Good work on that guys part on securing that much of that material.
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Postby Zancarius » Wed Sep 30, 2009 3:06 pm

Definitely, what's amazing is that he must've nursed his contacts for YEARS to get that kind of lead.
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