‘Naive’ Science Fan Faces Jail for Plutonium Import

‘Naive’ Science Fan Faces Jail for Plutonium Import
Australian Border Fore (ABF) officers are seen onsite after an unit was raided on Kelsey St in the suburb of Arncliffe in Sydney, Australia on Aug. 17, 2023. AAP Image/Bianca De Marchi
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A “science nerd” who wanted to collect all the elements of the periodic table could face jail time after ordering radioactive material over the internet.

But Emmanuel Lidden, 24, will have to wait to learn his sentence after breaching nuclear non-proliferation laws by shipping samples of plutonium to his parents’ suburban Sydney unit.