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Malmesbury said:

HEU (Highly Enriched Uranium) isn’t very toxic and is not very radioactive. Which is why you see technicians handling fuel rods for such reactors with gloves and masks.

Until the reactor is run, of course.

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Utter nonsense. Its weapons grade material which isnt a massive problem its its contained. It's a major problem if you spread it out as a dust over a wide area. Its literally a dirty bomb. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dirty_bomb
If you think that if NASA covers significant areas of Florida with Plutonium dust there's not going to a massive public backlash, I've got a surprise for you.