WMDs?

[Crundy]

Weird, I was driving back to work this luchtime, and as I neared the RAF base near my workplace a massive police escort (1 car and 1 truck either side, as well as several bikes and a load of cars blocking the traffic from one direction of a set of lights) came past with a large armored van in the middle with a radiation warning symbol on the side.

So my question is, wtf? The only two radioactive items I can think of that would require such an escort would be nuclear waste (in case someone hijacked it to make a dirty bomb), which probably isn't the case as there isn't a nuclear power station nearby, or either reactor-grade or weapons-grade uranium / plutonium (or indeed a prepared weapon). What the hell are they up to? Is Stafford on the verge of a nuclear war?

 

[Earthborn]

You may not have a nuclear power station nearby, but if it needs to be transported, waste from nuclear power stations is often transported a very long way.

 

[Cylinder]

It wasn't a weapons transfer given RAF Stafford's mission and the fact you saw the radiation warning.

 

[Crundy]

You may not have a nuclear power station nearby, but if it needs to be transported, waste from nuclear power stations is often transported a very long way.

Probably, but it was suspicious that it was right by the entrance to the RAF base.

 

[cisco]

So my question is, wtf? The only two radioactive items I can think of that would require such an escort would be nuclear waste (in case someone hijacked it to make a dirty bomb)

It doesn't even have to be waste. More likely it was "hot" items that were submerged in radioactive water or otherwise close to radiation. At least here in the US, they don't like to let civillians drive next to that stuff, since the containers don't block the radiation. Probably not going to hurt you, but why risk it?

 

[gumboot]

Probably, but it was suspicious that it was right by the entrance to the RAF base.

Unless this convoy actually entered or exited the base, its proximity to said base is rather irrelevant.