HISTORY 224 Chapter Notes - Chapter 0: Isotopic Signature, Closed City, Enriched Uranium
Document Summary
The fuel for a nuclear bomb is in the hands of an unknown black marketeer from russia, u. s. officials say. The nuclear material that has been passed through the hands of multiple individuals on its way to a prospective buyer all have the same origin - a restricted military installation in. The contents of the bad held a lead-lined cylinder, shaped like a thermos, which was meant to be the first of several shipments of highly-enriched uranium totaling 10 kilograms. That"s about a fifth of what might be needed to fuel a hiroshima-sized nuclear explosion. Andropov was the one who picked up this bag, and he turned out to be working with. Moldovan police, who were monitoring communications between those involved, with advice from the u. s. This arrest ended one of four attempts in the past five years by moldovan residents to smuggle dangerous nuclear materials into the hands of unscrupulous buyers. This stoked the concerns of western intelligence services.
