Enriched uranium unearthed from man's garden
March 2, 2007 5:49 PM Subscribe
Enriched uranium unearthed from man's garden A German man obtained and buried it in his garden, raising concerns about the security of Germany's nuclear reactors. The German version of the article is more funny, since he explains how he tried to convince the authorities for 15 years that he had enriched uranium in his garden...
Maybe he could give his uranium to Kim Jong Ill, since it turns out he doesn't have any.
posted by homunculus at 7:19 PM on March 2, 2007
posted by homunculus at 7:19 PM on March 2, 2007
Doesn't everyone know at least one guy that has some nuclear material stashed at home
posted by unklspot at 8:48 PM on March 2, 2007
posted by unklspot at 8:48 PM on March 2, 2007
Doesn't everyone know at least one guy that has some nuclear material stashed at home
There's always that ONE house in the neighborhood...
posted by fusinski at 9:02 PM on March 2, 2007
Mein Gott, es gibt angereichertes Uran in meinem Garten!
"enthält"="contains"
posted by jouke at 10:14 PM on March 2, 2007
"enthält"="contains"
posted by jouke at 10:14 PM on March 2, 2007
"Funny" is perhaps not the rightest word. Turns out that the guy is an (ex?)-junkie, who has been sent quite a few times to psychiatric institutions (not least because of his insistence that he had "radioactive stuff" buried in his garden, and that he got the uranium-pellets (which originated from a nuclear fuel treatment factory) from "an acquaintance in the drug scene".
"Incredibly sad" and "abso-bloody-lutely terrifying" may be more to the point...
posted by Skeptic at 3:30 AM on March 3, 2007
"Incredibly sad" and "abso-bloody-lutely terrifying" may be more to the point...
posted by Skeptic at 3:30 AM on March 3, 2007
Mein LuftkissenfahrzeugGarten ist von den Aalenvom Uran voll!
posted by kcds at 6:22 AM on March 3, 2007
posted by kcds at 6:22 AM on March 3, 2007
"Herregud! Det finns anrikat uran i min trädgård!" swedish
posted by dabitch at 9:19 AM on March 3, 2007
posted by dabitch at 9:19 AM on March 3, 2007
Mon dieu, il y a de l'uranium enrichi dans mon jardin. french
posted by jouke at 10:08 AM on March 4, 2007
posted by jouke at 10:08 AM on March 4, 2007
I can only imagine what you expected to take place in the thread for your first post, yoyo_nyc, but it probably wasn't this.
posted by Wolfdog at 10:24 AM on March 4, 2007
posted by Wolfdog at 10:24 AM on March 4, 2007
Was that Hungarian, wolfdog?
Yeah, this is totally stupid.
More languages please!
posted by jouke at 11:49 AM on March 4, 2007
Yeah, this is totally stupid.
More languages please!
posted by jouke at 11:49 AM on March 4, 2007
"Åh Gud, der er beriget uranium i min have!" danish
posted by AwkwardPause at 1:43 PM on March 4, 2007
posted by AwkwardPause at 1:43 PM on March 4, 2007
The pellets were enriched to a level of around four per cent, well below the weapons-grade threshold of 80-90 per cent.
Though wikipedia says a crude weapon would work with 20% or maybe less. Four percent could scare some folks with a dirty bomb I suppose.
posted by exogenous at 2:58 PM on March 4, 2007
Though wikipedia says a crude weapon would work with 20% or maybe less. Four percent could scare some folks with a dirty bomb I suppose.
posted by exogenous at 2:58 PM on March 4, 2007
אוי יש אורניום מחזק בגן שלי
But this might be more appropriate:
אוי יש אורניום מחזק בגן שכני
"Oy, there is enriched uranium in my neighbor's garden."
posted by felix betachat at 3:50 PM on March 4, 2007
But this might be more appropriate:
אוי יש אורניום מחזק בגן שכני
"Oy, there is enriched uranium in my neighbor's garden."
posted by felix betachat at 3:50 PM on March 4, 2007
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