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v t e ENS Event
04:00 May 21, 2018
Title	Agreement State Report - Possible Plutonium Sphere Found
Event Description	Received the following by email from Florida Bureau of Radiation Control. [A] resident at Waterford [Senior Living Center], recently passed away. His son contacted a licensed Firearms Dealer and Estate Appraiser, to assess his father's estate value. [The appraiser] discovered a metal canister containing a grayish-silver marble-sized sphere. A certificate in the [deceased's] personal effects states that the sphere is Pu, and is a gift given in appreciation of the [deceased's] contributions to The Manhattan Project. Also included in the [deceased] personal effects is a piece of glass said to be from Atomic Bomb Testing. The Certificate is signed by Robert Oppenheimer. [The Estate Appraiser], contacted the ATF. The ATF Special Agent contacted the Bureau of Radiation Control (BRC) Duty Officer. A preliminary investigation is scheduled for Tuesday, May 22, 2018. Florida report # FL18-062. * * UPDATE ON 05/22/2018 AT 13:32 EDT FROM PAUL NORMAN TO THOMAS KENDZIA * * * Phone conversation with appraiser and son revealed the following: Deceased passed away years ago, and his wife, who has had her spouse's possessions since then, is moving from the Senior Center. Their son was given the name of an Estate Liquidator, to assess their belongings. The appraiser came across a metal shoe shine sized canister containing what he described as marble sized pellets and sandy glass, that had Plutonium marked on it. There also was a framed Reference letter addressed to the deceased from Robert Oppenheimer, thanking him for his contributions to The Manhattan Project. Unbeknownst to the son, the appraiser then contacted the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) with his concerns. The son stated that the material in the canister was fused sand from the Trinity test site, and did not know why the appraiser was concerned about it. Florida report # FL18-062. Notified R1DO (Dimitriadis), IRD MOC (Pham), and NMSS Events Notification (email).

ENS 53415 +/-
Where
Not Applicable Orlando, Florida (NRC Region 1)
Organization:	Florida Bureau Of Radiation Control
Reporting

Agreement State
Time - Person (Reporting Time:+17.82 h0.743 days <br />0.106 weeks <br />0.0244 months <br />)
Opened:	Paul Norman 21:49 May 21, 2018
NRC Officer:	Thomas Kendzia
Last Updated:	May 22, 2018
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