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Nuclear Material; Please check in drawers, backs of chairs
Topic Started: May 3 2007, 03:28 PM (87 Views)
Evil_Henry
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Pakistan hasn't lost any nuclear material, obviously. That would be an outrage. Just in case they have though, they've politely informed everyone to look for it.

Just in case.

Have you checked the shed?

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Pakistan downplays radioactive ad

Pakistan's nuclear authority has said there is no cause for concern after it published press adverts for information on "lost" radioactive material.
The adverts urged members of the public to inform officials if they found any "lost or stolen" radioactive material.

They were published in major Urdu-language newspapers in Pakistan.

A spokesman for the nuclear authority said that there was a "very remote chance" that nuclear materials imported 40-50 years ago were unaccounted for.

International concern over the safety of Pakistan's nuclear programme was expressed in 2004, when the country's top nuclear scientist, AQ Khan, confessed to leaking secrets to Iran, North Korea and Libya.


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Evil_Henry
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I wonder if anyone said, "where did you have it last?" <_<
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Pestiferous
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Lost radioactive material is always in the last place you look.
Like my avatar? It has your eyes, doesn't it?
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ThePlague
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It's over-reaction, and I'm surprised that the BBC is doing it. Here's the key item:

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Mr Baig said that the adverts were merely a public awareness campaign to make people aware of the dangers of radiation from material that might have been used in hospitals and industrial plants.


You have to remember that even people in the West use to be much more cavalier with radioactive material, particularly that used medically. 50-60 years ago, General Practioners were still getting Radium needles and keeping them in their desk drawers. That was pretty much cleaned up in the States in the 80's. I've dealt with radioactive material professionally for nearly 16 years and have never even seen a Radium needle. It wouldn't surprise me in the least if they were still in use, or sitting somewhere forgotten, in a country like Pakistan.
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