[GPSCC-chat] Uranium on Amazon

[Spencer Graves]

On 7/10/2014 12:04 PM, John Thielking wrote:
> Spencer,
>
> Looking at your spreadsheet, it seems that you are assuming that the 
> stuff being sold is pure uranium.

sg:  no.


> Actually, the net wt of the ore in the product description appears to 
> be 2 oz or so, probably with a U238 content of 30 micrograms.


I estimated you'd need 30 micrograms of pure uranium to get 766 counts 
per minute.  That could be mixed with any amount of other material, e.g. 
2 ounces (= roughly 60 grams;  there are 30 grams per ounce).


> Since there is only one left in stock, it seems like it would be 
> pretty hard for a terrorist to get enough U235 to build a bomb from 
> this source. Even the 80 lbs of ore that was claimed to have been 
> stolen from Iraq wouldn't produce much of anything even if it were 
> refined further.


agreed.  sg

> Please repost to the list if you agree with this part (I can't post to 
> the list from this e-mail address) Thanks.
>
> John Thielking
>
> *From:* Spencer Graves <spencer.graves at prodsyse.com>
> *To:* John Thielking <peacemovies at gmail.com>; sosfbay discussion group 
> <sosfbay-discuss at cagreens.org>
> *Sent:* Thursday, July 10, 2014 11:10 AM
> *Subject:* [GPSCC-chat] Uranium on Amazon (was: Why We Should Not 
> Worry About The Latest "WMDs in Iraq" Stories)
>
> Hello, All:
>
>
>       John was correct:  The first two matches when I Googled for 
> "Uranium on Amazon" were small quantities sold for research purpose 
> and testing Geiger counters 
> (http://www.amazon.com/naturally-contains-Uraninite-radiation-detector/dp/B00CQ9LLR4/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1405011818&sr=8-1&keywords=uranium+ore#productDescription 
> and http://www.amazon.com/Images-SI-Uranium-Ore/dp/B000796XXM). The 
> second was is labeled 766 cpm (counts per minute).  If I computed 
> correctly, to get this many cpm, this container would have roughly 30 
> micrograms.  (For my calculations, see 
> https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1m1D_WmOcmbcrZhK177G1NBWnITjht1dr72fn8UObuvc/edit?usp=sharing). 
>
>
>
>       If I understand correctly, the primary problem with uranium is 
> NOT radioactivity but toxicity, roughly like eating or inhaling lead.  
> See Wikipedia, "Uranium" (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uranium).
>
>
>       Spencer
>
>
> On 7/10/2014 9:45 AM, John Thielking wrote:
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
>> From: *John Thielking* <peacemovies at gmail.com 
>> <mailto:peacemovies at gmail.com>>
>> Date: Thu, Jul 10, 2014 at 9:37 AM
>> Subject: Re: [GPSCC-chat] Why We Should Not Worry About The Latest 
>> "WMDs in Iraq" Stories
>> To: eden <edenw at gal3.com <mailto:edenw at gal3.com>>
>>
>>
>> Could you please repost this to the entire list? My computer is 
>> messing up and won't let me reply all. Anyway, I double checked my 
>> Facebook wall where I know I had saved the link to the Uranium 
>> available on Amazon.com (and the whole rabbit too) but now the entire 
>> posting has gone missing. Oh well. Uranium ore USED TO BE available 
>> on Amazon.com.
>>
>> John Thielking
>>
>>
>> On Thu, Jul 10, 2014 at 9:20 AM, eden <edenw at gal3.com 
>> <mailto:edenw at gal3.com>> wrote:
>>
>>     On 14-07-10 08:18, John Thielking wrote:
>>>     The following text would not post to the article on rt.com
>>>     <http://rt.com/> that talked about the uranium being stolen in
>>>     Iraq because the software thought it contained "offensive
>>>     language". So here it is uncensored:
>>>
>>>     Considering that you can buy research grade uranium ore on
>>>     Amazon.com, I wouldn't worry about this story. Since when did RT
>>>     start jumping on the "there are WMDs in Iraq" bandwagon? I
>>>     thought that path was proven to be bogus in 2003. The chemical
>>>     weapons in Iraq story is also sourced from Reuters, probably USA
>>>     planted propaganda used to justify bombing Iraq yet again. Fool
>>>     me once, ok, but fool me twice? Come on RT, get it together.
>>
>>         I agree with your conclusion, but i tried to find uranium on
>>     Amazon and failed. Are you referring to something that i'm not
>>     aware of?
>>
>>     --
>>     eden
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