The article lists these as calibration sources. That means they are minuscule.
Bad that hit happened, yes. Worth the headline and attention in the article? Nah.
Bad that hit happened, yes. Worth the headline and attention in the article? Nah.
Plutonium alpha sources are available from Eckert and Ziegler, and can be ordered in the US from Direct Scientific.[2] Call for pricing. They're a disk with some plutonium electroplated onto platinum on stainless steel. There's no window, because this is an alpha emitter and the particles would not get through.
As hazardous objects, these rank well below a steak knife.
[1] https://unitednuclear.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&c... [2] https://www.drct.com/dss/sources/alpha.htm