Updated May 04, 2018 05:46 PM
BOISE, IDAHO
A small amount of radioactive, weapons-grade plutonium about the size of a U.S. quarter is missing from an Idaho university that was using it for research, leading federal officials on Friday to propose an $8,500 fine.
The amount is too small to make a nuclear bomb, agency spokesman Victor Dricks said, but could be used to make a dirty bomb to spread radioactive contamination.
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It’s in a landfill, or surplus desk somewhere. The object in question disappeared like 15 years ago...