Re: Depleted uranium slipped in by ABC

[John Andrews <andrewsjp@chartertn.net>]

It looks the same in an X-ray, but since depleted uranium is so common 

in shipping because it is a good shielding material and is also very 

heavy as in counterweights, if there is a suspicion, then my guess is 

that the monitors would look for neutrons.  If no neutrons, then it is 

DU, otherwise, look out! It's the real thing.  Also, from what I have 

seen, thse doing the  looking are not giving the whole world the inside 

dope on how or what they are looking for.  Secret, you know, so the bad 

guys don't know how to defeat the monitoring.



I am not saying that ABC did not get caught when they should have.  I 

personally think that they sneaked one thru the monitors, but I could be 

wrong.  I just believe that checking every shipping container for a 

small nuclear weapon with 99.999  percent (OK, anyway, high)  

probability of detecting one is too much to ask.



Merry Christmas



John Andrews

Knoxville, Tennessee



LNMolino@aol.com wrote:



> Here is a question for my benefit, the uneducated non physicist type 

> that is a First Responder type.

>  

> Does DU have the same "signature" as EU as far as security monitors 

> are concerned?

>  

> Non technical answer sought. Does DU look like EU to a person running 

> the monitor?

>  

> If the answer is yes then in MY OPINION ABC did America a SERVICE by 

> pointing out the lapses in the "Net"

>  

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