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This FBI FOIA release, dated November 22, 2023 and obtained by John Greenewald Jr. of The Black Vault, is the second and final release on United Nuclear Scientific Supplies, LLC. The FBI reviewed 357 pages and released 56. The records include a 2012 Detroit interview at the company's Michigan warehouse about orders for nitric acid and potassium perchlorate, a 2006 Albuquerque WMD case over a suspicious call, grand jury subpoenas, and a 2008 to 2009 New York and Baltimore inquiry into an attempted purchase of Polonium-210.
“FBI file”8 pages
To: WMDD From: New York Re: 279B-NY-NEW, 08/29/2008 needed it to detect counterfeit US currency. _______ explained that one needed an NRC license to posses this material. ______ asked if there was "any way around the NRC requirements/' said that he did not know of any way around the NRC. | men asked if he could purchase any other Polonium-210 sources from UNSS and reduce them to a concentrated solution. told then terminated the call.that would not be possible. b6 b7C (U) | expressed a belief that such a concentrated solution of Polonium-210 would not be useful for counterfeit currency detection, but would make a very effective poison. (U) Due to the fact that the request was highly unusual and there is no practical purpose for such a Polonium solution, NY requests a case be opened to identify the individual who requested to purchase the solution and the motives behind the request. 2
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