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General Chat => General Chat => Topic started by: awesomesharpshot999 on January 11, 2021, 09:40:10 PM
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hello, does anyone know whether or not it is legal to own plutonium bearing smoke detectors in Russia, Ukraine, Or USA?
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See discussion here:
https://highvoltageforum.net/index.php?topic=478.msg2941
Original post says that stray gamma radiation rate increases with age.
Because the intended Pu-239 or Pu-238 were not properly separated from other radioisotopes.
I know that neutron sources incorporating Pu and Be have important industrial uses in USA,
and must contain a lot more plutonium than those primitive smoke detectors. But they are very strictly regulated and tracked.
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hello, thanks for the answer, but i want to know the legality about owning a sample