A bottle discarded at a waste site in the US contains the oldest sample of bomb-grade plutonium made in a nuclear reactor, scientists say: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7918618.stm ______________________________ Adrian T. Myers PhD Student, Stanford Archaeology Center & Department of Anthropology, Stanford University [log in to unmask] Stanford Archaeology Center P.O. Box 20446 Stanford, CA 94309 USA -------------------------- contemp-hist-arch is a list for news and events in contemporary and historical archaeology, and for announcements relating to the CHAT conference group. ------- For email subscription options see: http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/archives/contemp-hist-arch.html ------- Visit the CHAT website for more information and for future meeting dates: http://www.contemp-hist-arch.ac.uk --------------------------