A container of what appears to be an ounce of processed uranium turned up at a Florida pawn shop.
The owner of Gold Mine Pawn in Belleview told police the container was in a box that has been in storage for 20 years after being bought at an estate sale outside Florida, WKMG-TV in Orlando reported. The container was lead with a warning of radioactive contents.
The Marion County Fire Hazardous Materials Team took the container and planned to turn it over to the county Health Department for disposal.
The uranium was in the form of yellow cake, which became notorious when the Bush administration claimed that Saddam Hussein had been trying to buy it from the African country of Niger.
Police plan to try to locate the seller of the container to determine where the uranium came from. Investigators say that the pawn shop appears to have broken no laws.
source news : upi.com
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