I initially guessed that this would be a "technically true" claim that proves underwhelming upon further inspection [1]. But no! The claim includes trafficking in weapons grade plutonium.<p><i>In the course of this conspiracy, EBISAWA and his confederates showed samples of nuclear materials in Thailand to a DEA undercover agent (“UC-1”), who was posing as a narcotics and weapons trafficker. With the assistance of Thai authorities, the nuclear samples were seized and subsequently transferred to the custody of U.S. law enforcement. A U.S. nuclear forensic laboratory later analyzed the samples and confirmed that the samples contain uranium and weapons-grade plutonium.</i><p>Where did he obtain the plutonium from originally? Weapons grade plutonium has never been produced by the private sector, and there are only 6 countries that have ever produced weapons with plutonium:<p><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_states_with_nuclear_weapons#Statistics_and_force_configuration" rel="nofollow">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_states_with_nuclear_we...</a><p>[1] Like trafficking in natural uranium, or modest quantities of tritium.