Unless you really know something about the nuclear industry and how the materials are made, stored, and how it is used you’re like Don Quixote and flailing at the windmills.
While I’m not an expert in a nuclear area, I did work for utility that had two nuclear plants. Looking how they use the material and store in such a large container containers raises lots of concerns about logistics. I am sure that the gentleman’s article is at Best the most logical and maybe even underestimating the task to get this nuclear material out of Iran. The only way I see us getting it is if we had their cooperation. That’s what happened with Russia and so you have to have a dialogue and a reasonable settlement.
Again, I’m not a nuclear expert, but I’ve looked it up on the Internet and compared it and a couple of different AI sites and it’s very apparent. This is not a small task and would take some well trained and numerous individuals, lots of equipment and materials, and a plan to get it from Iran to some other place. The shipping alone is a real task. This is a Herculean task.
Yep. And when Israel and the US bombed these sites last summer, who knows what the conditions of the containers are under the rubble. Imagine digging into a radioactive superfund site while under fire by Iranian forces. I don't think it could be done in a non-permissive environment without significant casualties and at great expense. The probability of catastrophic failure is immense.
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I believe every nation has a right to possess nuclear weapons since nine nations (Russia, the United States, China, France, the United Kingdom, Pakistan, India, Israel, and North Korea) already have them.
Nations like Iran want them for the same reasons the nine who currently possess them do.
If the nine nations who have them don’t want other nations to possess them, then they should give up their own.
Nuclear weapons are inhumane to use as weapons. They allow those who have them to bully and intimidate other nations into submission. How about we get all 195 nations on our planet to sign an agreement not to possess nuclear weapons since the world wants them not to be used against anyone.
It truly is inhumane as it can melt people and expose our planet to harmful radiation that is not naturally found on earth. It’s like taking a chunk of the suns core and exposing people to it. It’s insane. Even the father of nuclear energy (Oppenheimer) was against it after he saw what the USA did to Japan with it.
The world would be a more peaceful place for humanity and our environment if world leaders would just agree to disarm nuclear weapons and stop pursuing enrichment beyond using it peacefully for energy.
Problem is that plans, technical specifications, and the historical record are all in the public domain. Anyone who studies nuclear physics and has an advanced degree could build one Pandora’s box is open and it’s decades too late to lock it up. Now any country with enough money and smart scientists can get the material enrich it enough and they can build a bomb. Countries want a bomb for protection, mostly against the US
IMPEACH AND DUMP TRAITORS, NAZIS PEDOPHILE PREDATORS AND ENABLERS , IMPERIALIST CRIMINALS, WAR MONGERS, CAREER CRIMINALS, CRIMINAL GRIFTERS, FASCIST PIGS, FRAUDSTERS, RACIST, AND CON REPUBLICONS EVERYWHERE. RELEASE ALL UNREDACTED EPSTEIN FILES AND JAIL CON RTRUMP. AVOID CON RTRUMP'S AND THE REPUBLICON'S RECESSION AND DEPRESSION. FIX CLIMATE CHANGE, FOR THE FAIR DEAL, NOT THE RAW DEAL. VOTE BLUE AND SAVE DEMOCRACY. STOP THE RTRUMP OLIGARCHY. BOYCOTT CRIMINAL RTRUMP & ELON THE NAZIS. INVOKE 25 AMENDMENT AND DUMP CON REPUBLICONS.
It seems to me we previously had a nuclear agreement with Iran. This Oaf terminated it during the 1st Clown Show because it irked him that the agreement was made by President Obama, who was an actual functioning President. Now thousands of people are pay the price with their lives and money in order fix that monumental error because Oaf's ego was hurt..
Yep. The Strait of Hormuz was open earlier this year. Iran wasn't pursuing a nuclear weapon. They were enriching as a bargaining chip. The last leader had a fatwa against weaponizing it.
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Cutting (gutting) staff at these agencies that have been created to protect us... its kind of like treason. I mean, isn't that what would make all our "enemies" like Russia happier? Maybe tempt them to take advantage of us. My friend is always reminding me that Putin has something "over" Trump, to manipulate him, extort him. Or is it happening simply because a collection of extremely stupid people are now at the seat of power?
Yep. My sense is that there are powerful people in the US who are trying desperately to keep our country divided so they can pillage the treasury. The real divide is up vs down instead of left vs right.
-such an important conversation about vital issues of life and destruction capabilities from current policies and thereats to current ones. Scary as hell-still processing-
Unfortunately the Trump idiots will never achieve recovery of the highly enriched uranium buried in Iran after the preemptive strikes of Trump last year.
Why are we trying to control a sovereign country we have nuclear weapons why can’t they? Why don’t we just get rid of nuclear weapons all together I’m Sick of America, trying to bully the rest of the world
It amazes me that there are so many clever, intelligent, experienced and good-hearted citizens of the USA as The Honorable Andy Weber, and yet the ex-great country fell in the hands of bunch of crooks and idiots. How could that be possible? Smart, reasonable and good people of the USA UNITE and get rid of the rot that is destroying your wonderful country! With love from Poland.
In addition, the Treaty on the Prohibition for Nuclear Weapons is incredibly important. Many nations have signed it -- but not the nuclear powers, including the US. Support it. Tell your elected leaders to support it - and elect candidates who will. It will have its first review conference in November. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_parties_to_the_Treaty_on_the_Prohibition_of_Nuclear_Weapons
its possible there is a serious health issue festering at Isfahan...is it possible Iran would appreciate help in cleaning up the site. at one time they were reacting with intelligence and cooperation.
Unless you really know something about the nuclear industry and how the materials are made, stored, and how it is used you’re like Don Quixote and flailing at the windmills.
While I’m not an expert in a nuclear area, I did work for utility that had two nuclear plants. Looking how they use the material and store in such a large container containers raises lots of concerns about logistics. I am sure that the gentleman’s article is at Best the most logical and maybe even underestimating the task to get this nuclear material out of Iran. The only way I see us getting it is if we had their cooperation. That’s what happened with Russia and so you have to have a dialogue and a reasonable settlement.
Again, I’m not a nuclear expert, but I’ve looked it up on the Internet and compared it and a couple of different AI sites and it’s very apparent. This is not a small task and would take some well trained and numerous individuals, lots of equipment and materials, and a plan to get it from Iran to some other place. The shipping alone is a real task. This is a Herculean task.
Yep. And when Israel and the US bombed these sites last summer, who knows what the conditions of the containers are under the rubble. Imagine digging into a radioactive superfund site while under fire by Iranian forces. I don't think it could be done in a non-permissive environment without significant casualties and at great expense. The probability of catastrophic failure is immense.
IMPEACH AND DUMP TRAITORS, NAZIS PEDOPHILE PREDATORS AND ENABLERS , IMPERIALIST CRIMINALS, WAR MONGERS, CAREER CRIMINALS, CRIMINAL GRIFTERS, FASCIST PIGS, FRAUDSTERS, RACIST, AND CON REPUBLICONS EVERYWHERE. RELEASE ALL UNREDACTED EPSTEIN FILES AND JAIL CON RTRUMP. AVOID CON RTRUMP'S AND THE REPUBLICON'S RECESSION AND DEPRESSION. FIX CLIMATE CHANGE, FOR THE FAIR DEAL, NOT THE RAW DEAL. VOTE BLUE AND SAVE DEMOCRACY. STOP THE RTRUMP OLIGARCHY. BOYCOTT CRIMINAL RTRUMP & ELON THE NAZIS. INVOKE 25 AMENDMENT AND DUMP CON REPUBLICONS.
I believe every nation has a right to possess nuclear weapons since nine nations (Russia, the United States, China, France, the United Kingdom, Pakistan, India, Israel, and North Korea) already have them.
Nations like Iran want them for the same reasons the nine who currently possess them do.
If the nine nations who have them don’t want other nations to possess them, then they should give up their own.
Nuclear weapons are inhumane to use as weapons. They allow those who have them to bully and intimidate other nations into submission. How about we get all 195 nations on our planet to sign an agreement not to possess nuclear weapons since the world wants them not to be used against anyone.
It truly is inhumane as it can melt people and expose our planet to harmful radiation that is not naturally found on earth. It’s like taking a chunk of the suns core and exposing people to it. It’s insane. Even the father of nuclear energy (Oppenheimer) was against it after he saw what the USA did to Japan with it.
The world would be a more peaceful place for humanity and our environment if world leaders would just agree to disarm nuclear weapons and stop pursuing enrichment beyond using it peacefully for energy.
Nations
Problem is that plans, technical specifications, and the historical record are all in the public domain. Anyone who studies nuclear physics and has an advanced degree could build one Pandora’s box is open and it’s decades too late to lock it up. Now any country with enough money and smart scientists can get the material enrich it enough and they can build a bomb. Countries want a bomb for protection, mostly against the US
IMPEACH AND DUMP TRAITORS, NAZIS PEDOPHILE PREDATORS AND ENABLERS , IMPERIALIST CRIMINALS, WAR MONGERS, CAREER CRIMINALS, CRIMINAL GRIFTERS, FASCIST PIGS, FRAUDSTERS, RACIST, AND CON REPUBLICONS EVERYWHERE. RELEASE ALL UNREDACTED EPSTEIN FILES AND JAIL CON RTRUMP. AVOID CON RTRUMP'S AND THE REPUBLICON'S RECESSION AND DEPRESSION. FIX CLIMATE CHANGE, FOR THE FAIR DEAL, NOT THE RAW DEAL. VOTE BLUE AND SAVE DEMOCRACY. STOP THE RTRUMP OLIGARCHY. BOYCOTT CRIMINAL RTRUMP & ELON THE NAZIS. INVOKE 25 AMENDMENT AND DUMP CON REPUBLICONS.
More need to hear the particulars about how things are really done 👍
No nothings are in charge.
That's true. The current Pentagon leadership is breathtakingly incompetent.
It seems to me we previously had a nuclear agreement with Iran. This Oaf terminated it during the 1st Clown Show because it irked him that the agreement was made by President Obama, who was an actual functioning President. Now thousands of people are pay the price with their lives and money in order fix that monumental error because Oaf's ego was hurt..
Yep. The Strait of Hormuz was open earlier this year. Iran wasn't pursuing a nuclear weapon. They were enriching as a bargaining chip. The last leader had a fatwa against weaponizing it.
BEWARE OF MR SNEAKY JD AND RUBIO. THEY HAVE BEEN TOO SILENT.
IMPEACH AND DUMP TRAITORS, NAZIS PEDOPHILE PREDATORS AND ENABLERS , IMPERIALIST CRIMINALS, WAR MONGERS, CAREER CRIMINALS, CRIMINAL GRIFTERS, FASCIST PIGS, FRAUDSTERS, RACIST, AND CON REPUBLICONS EVERYWHERE. RELEASE ALL UNREDACTED EPSTEIN FILES AND JAIL CON RTRUMP. AVOID CON RTRUMP'S AND THE REPUBLICON'S RECESSION AND DEPRESSION. FIX CLIMATE CHANGE, FOR THE FAIR DEAL, NOT THE RAW DEAL. VOTE BLUE AND SAVE DEMOCRACY. STOP THE RTRUMP OLIGARCHY. BOYCOTT CRIMINAL RTRUMP & ELON THE NAZIS. INVOKE 25 AMENDMENT AND DUMP CON REPUBLICONS.
Every Legislator should listen to this!
Please DO send it to your elected officials. Find out how to contact them at https://www.usa.gov/elected-officials
Cutting (gutting) staff at these agencies that have been created to protect us... its kind of like treason. I mean, isn't that what would make all our "enemies" like Russia happier? Maybe tempt them to take advantage of us. My friend is always reminding me that Putin has something "over" Trump, to manipulate him, extort him. Or is it happening simply because a collection of extremely stupid people are now at the seat of power?
Yep. My sense is that there are powerful people in the US who are trying desperately to keep our country divided so they can pillage the treasury. The real divide is up vs down instead of left vs right.
-such an important conversation about vital issues of life and destruction capabilities from current policies and thereats to current ones. Scary as hell-still processing-
Unfortunately the Trump idiots will never achieve recovery of the highly enriched uranium buried in Iran after the preemptive strikes of Trump last year.
Why are we trying to control a sovereign country we have nuclear weapons why can’t they? Why don’t we just get rid of nuclear weapons all together I’m Sick of America, trying to bully the rest of the world
It amazes me that there are so many clever, intelligent, experienced and good-hearted citizens of the USA as The Honorable Andy Weber, and yet the ex-great country fell in the hands of bunch of crooks and idiots. How could that be possible? Smart, reasonable and good people of the USA UNITE and get rid of the rot that is destroying your wonderful country! With love from Poland.
We're trying, Marek! And yes, you are entirely correct!
Thank you very much for this discussion.
The NPT (Non-Proliferation Treaty) Review Conference is scheduled to take place very soon -- Apr 27-May 22. https://www.un.org/en/conferences/treaty-on-the-non-proliferation-of-nuclear-weapons-npt-2026/background
In addition, the Treaty on the Prohibition for Nuclear Weapons is incredibly important. Many nations have signed it -- but not the nuclear powers, including the US. Support it. Tell your elected leaders to support it - and elect candidates who will. It will have its first review conference in November. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_parties_to_the_Treaty_on_the_Prohibition_of_Nuclear_Weapons
Thanks men: Great pod cast. Very informative.
Thank you, Al.
Will that apply to all countries with Nuclear capabilities?
Will what apply?
I am a hazmat professional for 26 yra.This is super interesting. Thx for your discussion
Thanks for watching and taking the time to reply!
its possible there is a serious health issue festering at Isfahan...is it possible Iran would appreciate help in cleaning up the site. at one time they were reacting with intelligence and cooperation.
I had the same question for Andy. When nuke sites are bombed, radioactive material can go anywhere...ground water etc...