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Weapons grade plutonium missing from ISU
By Staff and Wire Reports May 6, 2018

A small amount of radioactive weapons-grade plutonium about the size of a U.S. quarter is missing from Idaho State University, which was using it for research, leading federal officials on Friday to propose an $8,500 fine.

The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission said ISU can’t account for about a 30th of an ounce of the material that’s used in nuclear reactors.

The amount is too small to make a nuclear bomb, NRC spokesman Victor Dricks said, but could be used to make a dirty bomb to spread radioactive contamination.

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http://idahostatejournal.com/news/local/weapons-grade-plutonium-missing-from-isu/article_d782cded-101a-5cb8-9859-ceac21325b93.html




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