http://www.mosnews.com/news/2005/12/...adiation.shtml

Chechen prosecutors are investigating reports of high radiation levels at a factory in the republic.

They said the radiation posed a danger to people living near it in the Chechen capital of Grozny, AP reported.

According to Russian television reports, the radioactive levels at the factory were 58,000 times higher than normal levels, half those recorded at the Chernobyl plant catastrophe in 1986.

The case has raised fears militants could use radioactive waste to build a crude nuclear bomb.

Chechen prosecutor Valery Kuznetsov was quoted by the agency as saying the failure to remove the radioactive material or isolate access to the plant had made it “a threat to the population”. He called this a “catastrophic radioactivity situation.”

“It is a threat to the population because the management of the plant is taking no steps whatsoever to remove the radioactive material or isolate access to the plant,” he added.

Of all places for this material to be readily available this is not one that is comforting to hear about.

Looks like a job for "Super IAEA Inspector." With the sharp eyesight of a gopher, the tenacity of a bull butterfly, and the wits of a box of rocks, he stands ready for meticulous inspection and detection of even the most minute amounts of radiological material, say about the size of the epicenter of Chernobyl. Man we've got trouble. Russians handling radioactive material is about like giving a loaded pistol to a Chimpanzee. Now, it's all over the former Republic.

Hey, those Chimpanzee are pretty smart. They can work in space. But man, those Russians handling radioactive material just scares me. And don't remind me about the IAEA. They have the mental power of a dish sponge.

Originally Posted by Missileer

Looks like a job for "Super IAEA Inspector." With the sharp eyesight of a gopher, the tenacity of a bull butterfly, and the wits of a box of rocks, he stands ready for meticulous inspection and detection of even the most minute amounts of radiological material, say about the size of the epicenter of Chernobyl. Man we've got trouble. Russians handling radioactive material is about like giving a loaded pistol to a Chimpanzee. Now, it's all over the former Republic.

I am not sure to what you are referring to, the IAEA just this year caught Iran red-handed in trying to hide its weapons programs. It was also particapted in verifying Libya WMD programs destruction.

The only place it failed was in Iraq, but of course the radiological material has to actually be there in the first place in order for them to find it.

Originally Posted by mmarsh

I am not sure to what you are referring to, the IAEA just this year caught Iran red-handed in trying to hide its weapons programs.

And just what has come of their startling revelations? Better, what will be the outcome? These people couldn't find their rear ends if their fingers were flashlights.

Thats not their job. They are the investigators, not the district attorney. Their job is to investigate and report back their conclusions to the UN security council. Its the security council that makes the final call about what happens next. And well, lets just say not all the countries are onboard on how to proceed next.

Originally Posted by mmarsh

I am not sure to what you are referring to, the IAEA just this year caught Iran red-handed in trying to hide its weapons programs. It was also particapted in verifying Libya WMD programs destruction.

The only place it failed was in Iraq, but of course the radiological material has to actually be there in the first place in order for them to find it.

But who didn't know that Iran had a WMD program. We suspected that since the early 80's.

Originally Posted by Missileer

Looks like a job for "Super IAEA Inspector." With the sharp eyesight of a gopher, the tenacity of a bull butterfly, and the wits of a box of rocks, he stands ready for meticulous inspection and detection of even the most minute amounts of radiological material, say about the size of the epicenter of Chernobyl. Man we've got trouble. Russians handling radioactive material is about like giving a loaded pistol to a Chimpanzee. Now, it's all over the former Republic.

And there was I believing that the Russians had been handling nuclear materials since the late 1940's. I suppose I must not trust what I read in the newspapers,talking of giving a loaded pistol to a chimpanzee, which is the only country that has actually dropped nuclear weapons on another? People in glass houses etc. Anyone like to tell us how many nuclear weapons American forces have mislaid?

Originally Posted by mmarsh

I am not sure to what you are referring to, the IAEA just this year caught Iran red-handed in trying to hide its weapons programs. It was also particapted in verifying Libya WMD programs destruction.

The only place it failed was in Iraq, but of course the radiological material has to actually be there in the first place in order for them to find it.

Yes, they did catch them, after they had been at it for 18 years. Not exactly the sort of thing that inspires confidence.

Originally Posted by Welshwarrior

I must not trust what I read in the newspapers,talking of giving a loaded pistol to a chimpanzee, which is the only country that has actually dropped nuclear weapons on another? People in glass houses etc. Anyone like to tell us how many nuclear weapons American forces have mislaid?

If you had been waiting to invade the Japanese homeland, what you have chosen? Bomb or not to bomb, that is the question.

As for the US mislaying nuclear material, I have no idea, would you care to post a source for that information?