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| Norway storing radioactive waste in garages |
| 2004-12-11 |
| Some detail on that high quality of life award they get every year... OSLO, Norway, Dec. 10 (UPI) -- Tons of radioactive waste produced in the last half century in Norway is stored in two garages, the newspaper Aftenposten reports. "Plutonium? Yeah, we got that - over by the Chevy." The total includes 16 tons of uranium fuel and other dangerous radioactive waste and 10.1 kilograms of plutonium. A committee in a report three years ago strongly recommended that the country build a new secure central storage site for the waste. "We're thinking - don't rush us! 'Sides, those places cost real money! We'd have to cut back on ski trail maintenance - and you know how that would go over, heh!" The newspaper suggests that the stored waste is both a potential environmental and health hazard for thousands of people and an attraction for terrorists seeking material for a dirty bomb. "You wanna buy this shit? No kidding? Wow, we've been trying to figure out how to get rid of it! Talk about serendipity!" The waste is stored near Norway's four research reactors in the cities of Kjeller and Halden. "Just fire up your Geiger counter and cruise around - you can't miss it." Eric Martiniussen called the present storage conditions "indefensible." "Uh, Eric, would that be 'indefensible' because it's stupid or 'indefensible' because the local hiking club could prolly walk right in and take it?" "In the center of the city of Halden there are over 10 tons of highly radioactive waste," Martiniussen told the newspaper. "To get to one of these storage points all you need to do is pass a thin garage door made of aluminum." "It's secured and everything, but if you're serious about buying, hell, the passphrase to give at the door is 'Mullah Krekar sez hey'." Copyright 2004 by United Press International. Rumors of an upcoming garage sale are prolly unfounded. |
| Posted by:.com |
| #22 Long live the Love Pacer |
| Posted by: lex 2004-12-11 9:44:44 PM |
| #21 I used to work for AMC. They made retro vehicles, before retro was, well, retro. Always wondered who did their vehicle styling. Thanks for the heads-up, Shipman. |
| Posted by: phil_b 2004-12-11 9:41:28 PM |
| #20 Damn AC you missed the real stooooory! There's nothing scarier than someone who'd keep a Pacer in a garage. Bet it had a sealed atmosphere for the big Grays. |
| Posted by: Shipman 2004-12-11 8:20:16 PM |
| #19 A few years ago, during my arch-Skeptic phase, I investigated a claim that a local resident was keeping a black helicopter in his garage. It turned out to be just an old AMC Pacer with a tarp over it. |
| Posted by: Atomic Conspiracy 2004-12-11 5:29:59 PM |
| #18 LOL Dar! It was always the 9/16 that ran away to live with the Schwin ut gang. |
| Posted by: Shipman 2004-12-11 4:55:29 PM |
#17 "Plutonium? Yeah, we got that - over by the Chevy." Or better yet, "See that Chevy? It doesn't need headlights when driving around after dark." |
| Posted by: Bomb-a-rama 2004-12-11 3:37:50 PM |
| #16 I'm still enthralled with Dosshell |
| Posted by: Frank G 2004-12-11 2:46:28 PM |
| #15 It was 4.0 that dider me dirt. |
| Posted by: Shipman 2004-12-11 2:03:26 PM |
| #14 TGA, still sore about DOS 3.1 ? |
| Posted by: Matt 2004-12-11 12:58:16 PM |
| #13 Glowing blue light specials! Attention all mullahs, Norway is having a garage sale! |
| Posted by: Tom 2004-12-11 12:27:04 PM |
| #12 They've stored worse stuff in garages... Microsoft for example :-) |
| Posted by: True German Ally 2004-12-11 12:09:01 PM |
| #11 Now that my sockets glow in the dark, it's much easier to tell the 1/2" from the 7/16" when I'm under the car. |
| Posted by: Dar 2004-12-11 12:06:57 PM |
| #10 Wonder over the years, how many Norgies have dropped dead from skin cancer due to sun exposure? The Sun is the nearest continuous nuclear reactor, without containment walls, in the neighborhood. |
| Posted by: Don 2004-12-11 9:57:10 AM |
| #9 Frank, it keeps the garages nice and toasty in the winter! |
| Posted by: Darth VAda 2004-12-11 9:31:05 AM |
| #8 apparently it keeps away the locusts? |
| Posted by: Frank G 2004-12-11 9:00:33 AM |
| #7 Haven't heard that Norwegians are dropping like flies from radiation poisioning. Maybe 'highly radioactive waste' aint that dangerous (assuming you don't eat it, have a mud bath, etc.) |
| Posted by: phil_b 2004-12-11 6:16:08 AM |
| #6 Right. |
| Posted by: .com 2004-12-11 2:04:37 AM |
| #5 Its good to play the strawman, keeps people on their toes |
| Posted by: WingedAvenger 2004-12-11 2:01:58 AM |
| #4 I guess it's the nym that makes me suspicious, plus the strawman word game from yesterday. Silly me. |
| Posted by: .com 2004-12-11 1:59:25 AM |
| #3 Hey hey hey i'm just fooling around, those quality of life lists are a sham anyway (if probably true in this case); lighten up. |
| Posted by: WingedAvenger 2004-12-11 1:58:10 AM |
| #2 WA - What? Sheesh, another interplanetary visitor. Tell me, does it hurt? |
| Posted by: .com 2004-12-11 1:50:31 AM |
| #1 Some detail on that high quality of life award they get every year... tsk tsk, jealousy is such an ugly thing :p |
| Posted by: WingedAvenger 2004-12-11 1:47:34 AM |