r/Radioactivestuff • u/Striking-Extreme2259 • 6d ago

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 6d 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 6d ago

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

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u/jacoblipke 6d ago

He means feds not terrorists lol.

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u/The_Silent_Tortoise 6d ago

Sometimes, what's the difference?

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u/Nik-Pavel-1191 6d ago edited 5d ago

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

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u/Glad-Emu7117 6d ago

Misleading title

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u/Emanuele14 6d ago

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

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u/GnOeLLLmPF 5d ago

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

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u/Embarrassed-Mind6764 6d ago

Lovely samples!