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> Lidden ordered the [plutonium] from a US-based science website and they were delivered to his parents' home. So private ownership of plutonium is legal in th
by palmotea 2y ago
> Lidden ordered the [plutonium] from a US-based science website and they were delivered to his parents' home.
So private ownership of plutonium is legal in the US, or is that site about to get shut down?
- giantg2 2y agoTechnically, I think it would get shutdown. Plutonium, U-235, and some other stuff requires special approval to own. But it's possible that if it's not pure and was part of a product, that it might be overlooked. There's probably a few nanograms of Plutonium in the legally allowed Uranium samples that you can own.
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- perihelions 2y agoI think small test sources are exempt, https://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/doc-collections/cfr/part071/part071-0015.html https://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/doc-collections/cfr/part071/p... ("[10 CFR] §71.15 Exemption from classification as fissile material")