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The plutonium sample is reported to be something similar to this, https://carlwillis.wordpress.com/2017/02/07/analysis-of-soviet-smoke-detector-plutonium/ http
by perihelions 2y ago
The plutonium sample is reported to be something similar to this,
https://carlwillis.wordpress.com/2017/02/07/analysis-of-soviet-smoke-detector-plutonium/ https://carlwillis.wordpress.com/2017/02/07/analysis-of-sovi... ("Analysis of Soviet smoke detector plutonium" (2017))
- wolfd 2y agoI believe it was this https://www.luciteria.com/element-cubes/plutonium-for-sale https://www.luciteria.com/element-cubes/plutonium-for-sale
- tgsovlerkhgsel 2y ago"This item is now discontinued." I wonder if this incident is the reason (or if it simply sold out in the aftermath).
- perihelions 2y agoRight, they're both Soviet ionization smoke detectors based on Pu-239. The Carl Willis blogpost is a teardown of one such similar item.
- thadt 2y agoOh, well if that's the case thats waaay more bananas. Like maybe around 4000. Nobody should be eating that many bananas.