nukes

International researchers at Stanford University have compiled what they say is the world?s most complete database of lost, stolen and misplaced nuclear material. This database reveals that we live in a world that is filled with weapons-grade uranium and plutonium that cannot be accounted for.

The Stanford program is called the Database on Nuclear Smuggling, Theft and Orphan Radiation Sources and is intended to help governments and international agencies track down lost nuclear material worldwide. Right now, many governments have national tracking programs but fail to share their information with other countries.
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Two deadly radioactive devices, left over from a Soviet-era generator, were discovered by three men gathering wood from a forest in Russia. The objects had melted the surrounding snow, and the men dragged them back to their camp for warmth. Exposure to the cylinders? high levels of the radioactive element strontium-90 left the men nauseous, and they suffered radiation burns. One of the men is now in very serious condition, and may be transferred to a hospital in France.
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