Iran Loses Nuclear Device, Sparks GCC Concerns

[BlueStateSaint]

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Iran Loses Nuclear Device, Sparks GCC Concerns

by Tyler Durden

Nov 26, 2016 7:35 PM

The Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) is concerned over a missing radioactive device from Iran’s Bushehr nuclear reactor, Saudi-owned Arab newspaper Asharq al-Awsat reported on Thursday.

Furthermore, as OilPrice.com's Tsvetana Paraskova notes, aside from the security concerns, at the forefront in the GCC’s mind is what impact the radioactive device - wherever it may be today - could have on water supplies.

According to the newspaper, the device went missing after the car transporting it was stolen. Thankfully, the vehicle was recovered, but the radioactive nuclear device was not so lucky.

The GCC has contacted the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) over the incident - both organizations are concerned that Iran’s nuclear program may pollute the waters in the Gulf, Asharq al-Awsat quoted GCC Emergency Management Center chairman, Adnan al-Tamimi, as saying.

Most members of the GCC – which includes Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, the UAE, Qatar, Bahrain, and Oman – desalinate sea water from the Gulf. If contamination from the device were to reach desalination stations, an already critical situation becomes even more critical.

The rest of this is here (at one of the "fake news" sites):  http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2016-11-26/

Any of the Gulf States--to include Israel--could be hit by this in a "dirty bomb" setting.

[DumbAss Tanker]

If there is even anything to it at all, sounds like something on the order of an encapsulated source for checking welds in pipes and pressure vessels, both in the oil industry and in nuke facilities themselves.  I'm not sure what else someone would be carrying around in a car that you could call a 'Nuclear device,' though 'Device' is kind of a stretch for something with no moving parts.