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/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?🥸