# Fresh, Hot, Plutonium!  Get It While It's Hot!

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fresh-hot-plutonium-get-it-while-its-hot/310238>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [June 28, 2005, 6:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fresh-hot-plutonium-get-it-while-its-hot/310238 "2005-06-28T18:15:45Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![Tuckerfan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/eada6e/32.png) [@Tuckerfan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tuckerfan)\
**Post date:** [June 28, 2005, 6:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fresh-hot-plutonium-get-it-while-its-hot/310238/1 "2005-06-28T18:15:45Z")

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[US to start making plutonium again.](http://www.theledger.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20050627/ZNYT02/506270316)

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> The Bush administration is planning the government’s first production of plutonium 238 since the cold war, stirring debate over the risks and benefits of the deadly material. The substance, valued as a power source, is so radioactive that a speck can cause cancer.
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> Federal officials say the program would produce a total of 330 pounds over 30 years at the Idaho National Laboratory, a sprawling site outside Idaho Falls some 100 miles to the west and upwind of Grand Teton National Park in Wyoming. Officials say the program could cost $1.5 billion and generate more than 50,000 drums of hazardous and radioactive waste.
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> Project managers say that most if not all of the new plutonium is intended for secret missions and they declined to divulge any details. But in the past, it has powered espionage devices.

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**Author:** ![Duke\_of\_Rat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ad7895/32.png) [@Duke\_of\_Rat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Duke_of_Rat)\
**Post date:** [June 28, 2005, 6:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fresh-hot-plutonium-get-it-while-its-hot/310238/2 "2005-06-28T18:24:39Z")

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url=http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=322981&highlight=plutonium]Scooped

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**Author:** ![Duke\_of\_Rat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ad7895/32.png) [@Duke\_of\_Rat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Duke_of_Rat)\
**Post date:** [June 28, 2005, 6:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fresh-hot-plutonium-get-it-while-its-hot/310238/3 "2005-06-28T18:26:28Z")

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[Scooped](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=322981&highlight=plutonium)even

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**Author:** ![Tuckerfan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/eada6e/32.png) [@Tuckerfan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tuckerfan)\
**Post date:** [June 28, 2005, 6:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fresh-hot-plutonium-get-it-while-its-hot/310238/4 "2005-06-28T18:28:42Z")

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Meh. I’m not interested in debating the matter, and I think my title’s cooler.

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**Author:** ![Argent\_Towers](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e8c25b/32.png) [@Argent\_Towers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Argent_Towers)\
**Post date:** [June 28, 2005, 6:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fresh-hot-plutonium-get-it-while-its-hot/310238/5 "2005-06-28T18:46:20Z")

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No!