I’m okay with providing plutonium rods to Palmer Luckey, on the condition that he shoves them up his ass using sriracha as lube.

Now you are starting to understand. Fallout was a documentary.

No link, just a screenshot? C'mon OP.

This isn't exactly new. And it didn't end well in the past either. After the completion of the Manhattan Project, a number of private entities begun building plutonium weapons. Notably, Rockwell International (yes, that Rockwell), ran a site outside of Denver called Rocky Flats. Ended up being one of the worst ecological disasters in American history. Plutonium will catch on fire, so there were a number of plutonium fires at the plant, but that wasn't the worst of it. Their disposal and treatment techniques were woefully inadequacy, and untold amounts of plutonium leaked into the environment. The EPA, CDPH, and DOE all knew about the process and did nothing. The FBI had to step in and raid the plant, and even still, it ran for years during court proceedings. Rather conveniently, those court documents were sealed, and later lost.

What is new here is the fact that the Trump administration already plays fast and lose with the rules. Moreover, random tech billionaires have no right so much as looking at the most dangerous substance in the world, weapons grade plutonium. So to say this will end poorly would be the understatement of the century.

P.S. Highly recommend reading up on the history of the DOE. The story of Rocky Flats, the national labs, and nuclear weapons program is so much longer and wilder than what I could put here.

Who famously love lobbying for a paucity of regulation.

the guys from pawn stars are getting nukes? ffs

Can’t wait to see what they get up to after they rig things so if their heartbeat stops a nuke goes off.

There are billionaires who create startups, but they're not the issue here. The US has around 1.7 million startups right now, almost all run by little entrepreneurs. The issue is furnishing plutonium to private sector people.

I'm sure there's no way this could possibly go wrong. I can't wait until I can buy a new computer that emits gamma radiation.

May they all die of radiation poisoning.

As long as they're asking themselves "Are we the baddies?" Because self-awareness is the most important thing 😄

Is gremlin supposed to be Palmer Lucky?

Then there’ll be warehouses full of discount Herman Miller chairs and warheads.