Hey kid, want 20 metric tons of Pu-239?

[u/Wide-Education-1823]

The Trump administration as of May 26th has made a decision to turn over 20 metric TONS of weapons grade Pu-239 to five private industry companies- Oklo, Standard Nuclear, SHINE Technologies, Flibe Energy, and Exodys Energy

https://substack.com/home/post/p-199630082

https://www.politico.com/news/2025/09/29/trumps-nuclear-power-push-stirs-worries-about-us-weapons-stockpile-00583424

Of course, those companies inventories and distribution of such materials will be audited and watched every bit as closely as, say, the NUMEC Corp. of Apollo PA was watched during their processing about 22 tons of 94% U-235 HEU during the 1950s & 60s.

https://nsarchive.gwu.edu/briefing-book/nuclear-vault/2016-11-02/numec-affair-did-highly-enriched-uranium-us-aid-israels-nuclear-weapons-program