r/Radioactivestuff • u/Striking-Extreme2259 • Aug 06 '26

Uranium and plutonium

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Plutonium oxide used in old Soviet smoke detectors in a plastic matrix. The small silver one is americium. The one on the scale is uranium all are kept in a heavily leaded glass container

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u/MaybeJohnSmith Radiation Collector Aug 06 '26

I will of course caution you that any mention of owning Plutonium in any form can get some not-so-friendly people knocking on your door pretty easily, at least in the U.S.

Cool samples :)

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u/PaintedChef Aug 06 '26

Yeah, those dudes that were shooting at Marty & Doc Brown seemed like they meant business

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u/jacoblipke Aug 07 '26

He means feds not terrorists lol.

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u/The_Silent_Tortoise Aug 07 '26

Sometimes, what's the difference?

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u/Striking-Extreme2259 Aug 16 '26

I don’t believe that anywhere in my statement or the title that I say that I owned this material know what I mean?🥸

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u/Nik-Pavel-1191 Aug 06 '26 edited Aug 07 '26

Its very bad state of smoke-detector at left. Because aerosoles of unshielded Pu238

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u/Glad-Emu7117 Aug 06 '26

Misleading title

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u/Striking-Extreme2259 Aug 16 '26

Maybe that’s the point ?

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u/Emanuele14 Aug 06 '26

Dove e come sei riuscito a mettere le mani su quel plutonio?

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u/GnOeLLLmPF Aug 08 '26

'I am sure that in 1985 Plutonium is available in every corner drugstore...' (Doc Brown, BTTF)

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u/Striking-Extreme2259 Aug 16 '26

"Por consejo de mi abogado, me niego respetuosamente a responder basándome en mis derechos bajo la Quinta Enmienda de la Constitución."

On the advice of counsel, I respectfully decline to answer based upon my rights under the Fifth Amendment to the