Man Arrested Over Uranium Find At Heathrow

[Irag8er]

Counter-terror cops and security services investigating after deadly shipment of uranium seized at Heathrow

Deadly shipment of uranium seized at Heathrow & 'smuggled to UK-based Iranians'

COUNTER-terror cops and security services are investigating after a deadly shipment of uranium was seized at Heathrow. The undeclared nuclear material can be used in a dirty bomb. It was destined f…

www.thesun.co.uk

 

[Irag8er]

Counter-terror cops and security services investigating after deadly shipment of uranium seized at Heathrow

Deadly shipment of uranium seized at Heathrow & 'smuggled to UK-based Iranians'

COUNTER-terror cops and security services are investigating after a deadly shipment of uranium was seized at Heathrow. The undeclared nuclear material can be used in a dirty bomb. It was destined f…

www.thesun.co.uk

Will they find a connection to the brothers in Germany?

 

[Yingyang]

I'm just grateful wannabe dangerous people are just stupid. Why bother trying to transport across borders. Just use local radioactive materials from hospitals and universities etc. Develop ied transport that to radioactive source,steal, pack, detonate . Or transport and detonate. No customs - border security or sensors to avoid. Convert students in said locations that can access such materials. Stupidity is our saviour.

 

[Irag8er]

I'm just grateful wannabe dangerous people are just stupid. Why bother trying to transport across borders. Just use local radioactive materials from hospitals and universities etc. Develop ied transport that to radioactive source,steal, pack, detonate . Or transport and detonate. No customs - border security or sensors to avoid. Convert students in said locations that can access such materials. Stupidity is our saviour.

Shhhhhh!

 

[Friendly Engineer]

I'm just grateful wannabe dangerous people are just stupid. Why bother trying to transport across borders. Just use local radioactive materials from hospitals and universities etc. Develop ied transport that to radioactive source,steal, pack, detonate . Or transport and detonate. No customs - border security or sensors to avoid. Convert students in said locations that can access such materials. Stupidity is our saviour.

Have you ever seen a source? They're tiny! You'd need a shit ton of sources to make a radiological weapon. There's enough in a source to kill someone maybe if you slip it into their tea, but that's just being nasty.
Anyway, I doubt it was a terrorist nutter. Probably just a mix up with logistics in Pakistan and some waste ended up on the wrong flight.
If it was weapons grade U-235 they wouldn't have gone public so I wouldn't worry.

 

[Irag8er]

Deadly shipment of uranium seized at Heathrow & 'smuggled to UK-based Iranians'

COUNTER-terror cops and security services are investigating after a deadly shipment of uranium was seized at Heathrow. The undeclared nuclear material can be used in a dirty bomb. It was destined f…

www.thesun.co.uk

*Update*

Officials will want to rule out any fears that a dirty bomb — a mixture of explosives with radioactive power — was being built here.
The suspected plot was smashed on December 29 and a Heathrow source told The Sun: “The race is on to trace everyone involved with this rogue non-manifested package.
“Security bosses are treating this with the seriousness it deserves. Protocol was not followed and this is now an anti-terror operation.

'Very suspect'​

“There are real concerns over what the Iranians living here wanted with non-disclosed nuclear material.”

Former commander of the UK’s nuclear defence regiment Hamish De Bretton-Gordon said: “For uranium to turn up on a commercial airliner from Pakistan to an Iranian address in the UK is very suspect.”
A former army chief has claimed the deadly shipment could have been used for a Litvinenko-style assassination plot.
Officials believe they have prevented any immediate threat to the public. They are being assisted by security services as they investigate the suspected plot.
Forensics teams have spent days poring over the shipment which was spotted as it was moved to a freight shed owned by handling firm Swissport.
Strict protocols must be followed to fly dangerous cargo, particularly on passenger flights.

 

[Deleted account]

Have you ever seen a source? They're tiny! You'd need a shit ton of sources to make a radiological weapon. There's enough in a source to kill someone maybe if you slip it into their tea, but that's just being nasty.
Anyway, I doubt it was a terrorist nutter. Probably just a mix up with logistics in Pakistan and some waste ended up on the wrong flight.
If it was weapons grade U-235 they wouldn't have gone public so I wouldn't worry.

Not to mention pure uranium makes for a lousy dirty bomb as it's alpha-only and has very low specific activity (roughly ~3.4×10^-7 Ci/g for U-238 and even lower for U-235). The easiest way to kill someone with a piece of bulk uranium is probably to hit them over the head with it.

 

[Friendly Engineer]

Not to mention pure uranium makes for a lousy dirty bomb as it's alpha-only and has very low specific activity (roughly ~3.4×10^-7 Ci/g for U-238 and even lower for U-235). The easiest way to kill someone with a piece of bulk uranium is probably to hit them over the head with it.

Exactly.
Well, U-235 is more radioactive than U-238 but yeah it's alpha only. Lousy dirty bomb material.

 

[Totality 🇺🇦 🇮🇱]

If it was weapons grade U-235 they wouldn't have gone public so I wouldn't worry.

Bingo. Well at least not until the threat has long passed. If not ever...

 

[Deleted account]

Exactly.
Well, U-235 is more radioactive than U-238 but yeah it's alpha only. Lousy dirty bomb material.

Ah, you're right, by about an order of magnitude. I got my exponents mixed up.

 

[Totality 🇺🇦 🇮🇱]

Exactly.
Well, U-235 is more radioactive than U-238 but yeah it's alpha only. Lousy dirty bomb material.

You always provide so many neat facts! Thanks for the knowledge you bestow upon us here at the DWS.

 

[Irag8er]

Man arrested over find at Heathrow airport​

Uranium: Man arrested over find at Heathrow airport

A man in his 60s, held on suspicion of terror offences over the incident, has been released on bail.

www.bbc.com