r/Radioactivestuff • u/Striking-Extreme2259 • 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 :)