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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