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Gunmen have attacked a convoy of trucks carrying uranium fuel to a nuclear power plant near the Brazilian city of Rio de Janeiro, police say.
The convoy came under attack as it drove past a community controlled by drug traffickers in Angra dos Reis, a tourist city 145km (90 miles) from Rio.
Police escorting the convoy responded and a shootout followed. No-one was injured or detained.
The convoy reached the Angra 2 plant safely 20 minutes after the attack.
The attack in the Rio-Santos highway is the latest in a series of violent incidents in an area popular with visitors.
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-latin-america-47635706
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(Score: 2) by Osamabobama on Friday March 29 2019, @09:39PM (1 child)
What use does depleted uranium serve in nuclear weapons?
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(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday March 30 2019, @02:43AM
I was going to say "Why, as bullet-proof armor [wikipedia.org] of course!", but the next entry of the wiki page it actually states it is used as tamper in fission bombs. Damn facts ruining my jokes.