15 kilos of depleted uranium missing UK

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Daily Record U.K.

"A WHITE van loaded with nuclear waste capable of being used to make a terrorist "dirty-bomb" has been stolen.
A nationwide hunt was launched after the van containing 15 kilos of depleted uranium was snatched.
A secret police memo warns: "This material may become radioactive if ignited ... vehicle must not be approached by police."
All police forces in the UK, including the eight in Scotland, have been alerted to keep a lookout for the van, a T-reg Citroen Berlingo.
The intelligence service MI5 and defence chiefs have been alerted.

"There have been around 180 cases of terrorists trying to smuggle radioactive material since 1993, most of it depleted uranium, known as U-238."

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