The dangerous job of emptying the "Rena"

http://www.euronews.net/ Salvage teams in New Zealand are risking their lives on board the shipwrecked Rena container vessel.




A large crack in the hull shows just how close the ship is to breaking up, and with every large swell the weight of the vessel, half on Astrolabe Reef, and half in the water, puts extra strain on it.




All the salvage team is thinking of, however, is saving the Bay of Plenty from further pollution.

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[mrteemumilto]

One contains material that potentially explodes on contact with water. LOLOL

[IndustrialUV]

Bruce Anderson is similar to Steve Jobs!!!

[Yogsoggeth]

it broke in half today ;(

[aaronrocs]

@smiles1969able isn't yellowcake highly enriched weapons grade uranium? If so it would have to be taken very seriously to be recovered so it doesn't fall into the wrong hands. It's got to be a dangerous operation to recover the cargo amongst those crashing waves, currents and shallow water littered with dangerous debris.

[smiles1969able]

the media have not mentioned the fact there are containers full of yellow cake uranium brought in from australia 

[smiles1969able]

@aaronrocs yes highly radioactive yellow cake uranium is in some of those containers

[aaronrocs]

It'll be interesting to see what kind of shit washes up onshore in the oncoming years.

[aaronrocs]

As of now it has broken up

[MyTaniwha]

Mean think off the future with 2 toes Timmy and 3 eyes Emily

[peterthgrape]

@HemiHead66. Grab your welding helmet mate, sounds like a great idea. Just get them to hold the stern still while you get some tacks on it.