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Uranium seized at Indo-Nepal border

posted by Susan Johnson | 5:59am Monday March 3, 2008

Oh.my.heck!

The police on February 18 seized four kg of low-grade uranium and arrested six persons in Supaul district along the Indo-Nepal border.
A police official on February 19 said acting on an intelligence tip-off, four kg of low-grade uranium was seized near Virpur bus stand in Supaul late on February 18 night.
The estimated value of the seized uranium is about Rs.50 million in the international market.

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John M.

posted March 3, 2008 at 10:08 am


Sheesh. Imagine what they’re NOT catching.



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MH

posted March 3, 2008 at 12:48 pm


40 RS is around a dollar US, so that’s 1.25 million US dollars!
Low grade uranium can’t be used to make a nuke, but it could be used to build a dirty bomb which is still pretty bad.
You can also use it to make red-orange Fiestaware which uses uranium oxide in the glaze, but I don’t think they had this use in mind.



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Charles Cosimano

posted March 3, 2008 at 3:22 pm


The Buddhist Bomb!
Who would have thought that Nepal would aspire to be a nuclear power.



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Michele McGinty

posted March 3, 2008 at 5:42 pm


Shoot! I knew I shouldn’t have put on the nuke label.



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b

posted March 3, 2008 at 5:49 pm


its no secret there is urnium in nepal.. well we all kno it can be put to good use too but for now..our friendly nrighbour india is exploiting it.



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