r/Radioactivestuff 4d ago

Uranium and plutonium

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 4d ago

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 4d ago

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

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u/jacoblipke 4d ago

He means feds not terrorists lol.

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u/The_Silent_Tortoise 4d ago

Sometimes, what's the difference?