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Irish stockpiles of Uranium!

  • 12-04-2010 03:47PM
    #1
    spideog7
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,230 ✭✭✭


    Not sure if this is the correct forum but would I be right in saying this is a mistake on the part of the BBC (or "Nuclear Tipping Point" who they cite as the source) :rolleyes:

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    From here: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/8615484.stm

    EDIT:
    I looked at the Nuclear Tipping Point website and they seem to think we also have nuclear weapons... looks like somebody forgot we got independence a couple of decades ago! Or more likely they're highlighting the Republic instead of Northern Ireland!


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  • #2
    B0X
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,026 ✭✭✭B0X


    It's just a simple mistake on the website. The UK section on their map highlights the ROI but not NI as being part of it.


  • #3
    spideog7
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,230 ✭✭✭spideog7


    B0X wrote: »
    It's just a simple mistake on the website. The UK section on their map highlights the ROI but not NI as being part of it.

    Indeed that's what I said but it's hardly a simple mistake now is it, they're not doing their credibility much good. If they can't highlight the correct countries on a map then how can we have any faith in their numbers.


  • #4
    Capt'n Midnight
    Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators, Technology & Internet Moderators Posts: 95,982 Mod ✭✭✭✭Capt'n Midnight


    was going to move this to CT or maybe Humour

    but will leave here to show what a bad reference looks like , was listening to BBC Radio 4 last night and one Journalist pointed out that as far as he was aware he was the only one in the UK with a maths degree , keep this in mind when you hear statistics from the upcoming General Election over there :D

    Also we do have a lot of uranium in this country 'cept it's mostly still in the ground. And I suspect mining it would be as popular as gold mining with cyanide/mercury on Crough Patrick


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