Am I the only person scared about this?

[Kilmer17]

It's starting to seem more and more like the nuclear option is going to be used by someone.

http://www.lasvegassun.com/sunbin/stories/text/2003/feb/25/022507887.html

ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) - Nigeria has asked the global nuclear agency's help tracking down radioactive material that it says disappeared from the West African nation's oil industry.

"We have ... informed the International Atomic Energy Agency in case somebody stole it and wants to take it outside Nigeria," Shams Elegba, head of Nigeria's nuclear regulatory body, said Tuesday.

Elegba gave no further details of the missing material or the circumstances behind its loss.

Nigeria alerted the public last week that an unidentified oil company had reported the loss of the radioactive material used in its operations in the southern Niger Delta oil region.

It said anyone who may have come in contact with the material should be cautious and said nausea or vomiting might be signs of radioactive poisoning.

It was not clear what function the missing material played in oil production. Radioactive material used in the oil industry includes cesium-137, used in rock-surveying equipment and other devices.

Nigerian authorities are worried the material could fall into the hands of people who might use it for purposes that could threaten public safety and have put all the security agencies on the alert, Elegba said.

[redman]

If by "nuclear" you mean "dirty bomb', then I agree with you. This is cause for concern. Otherwise, I don't see something like this being enriched to the point of it becoming a nuke.

[tulaneqb7]

i dont think a nuke missle fired out of Nigeria could even make it out of the borders of Nigeria:laugh: