55-gallon drum of depleted uranium found at Miami airport

[dixiegrrrrl]

Miami-Dade Fire Rescue evacuated a 150-foot perimeter to assess the hazard, spokesman Arnold Piedrahita tweeted.

Officials at Opa-locka airport said there were depleted uranium parts in a container, located outside a DC-10 aircraft, that was sealed and became unsealed. It is unclear how the container became unsealed.

The aircraft was slated for demolition but had not yet been set off.

video at link, and story
http://www.nbcmiami.com/news/Depleted-Uranium-Found-at-Opa-Locka-Airport-216946071.html

[Politicalboi]

1. Call George

He'll move that barrel with one hand wrapped around kids neck.

[arely staircase]

2. shit I have been looking all over for that.

It's always the last place you look.

[1-Old-Man]

3. Much ado about nothing.

"Demolition had not yet been set off"? When did they start blowing up planes in Opa Locka? Oh, and if demolition had not yet begun why does the first paragraph tell us that the plane is already partially dismantled? Gesus, what piss poor writing. Just a guess of course, but it sounds like an old airplane (possibly Coast Guard) that had some DU armor in its belly and that as scrapping went forward the armor that got pulled off it was tossed into a waiting 55-gallon drum, something that is often used as a waste can.

[RC]

4. Gee, that stuff is so dangerous here, but safe to use in Iraq.

Why is that?

[Blue_Tires]

5. depleted uranium is or at least was used as a counterweight

in widebody airliners