Missing American Plutonium.

Missing American Plutonium.

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WASHINGTON (AP) - Security officials for the U.S. nuclear weapons stockpile sometimes had difficulty locating classified nuclear and non-nuclear components at two of three sites recently inspected by government auditors.

Both sites "could not readily account for or locate some of the items included in our inventory sample," the office of the Energy Department's inspector general, Gregory Friedman, said in a summary report on classified weapons parts.

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[edit on 2-9-2007 by UM_Gazz]

Im more concerned about this that 8kg`s of missing chinese uranium to be honest - 2 out of 3 sites inspected could not find stockpiled items or special nuclear material.

how many more sites cannot find items supposed to on the inventory...


the officials blame `paperwork` and the standards used for the inspection rather than the small detail that plutonium could actually be missing.

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www.ig.energy.gov...

1 page summary of the report.

[edit on 2/9/07 by Harlequin]

Given all the recent events - i personally feel this is VERY important - and there seems to be alot of accountability issues relating to US nuclear material.