Long term risks

From: Robert J. Bradbury (bradbury@aeiveos.com)
Date: Sat Jun 07 2003 - 17:05:00 MDT

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    Though I do not like to bring this up....

    > More than 500 tons of natural uranium and 1.8 tons of low-enriched
    > uranium were stored at Tuwaitha, international inspectors have said

    Article:
     http://www.nytimes.com/2003/06/08/international/worldspecial/08IRAQ.html?pagewanted=print

    Please note the scales involved -- *TONS*. It takes only a few
    tens of kg to make a nuclear weapon (of enriched uranium)
    and less than that to make a weapon out of plutonium.

    Any extropian in a major population center should be attempting
    to determine whether it is a good idea to relocate out of said
    population center.

    Just IMO, Robert



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