@N0ZB@mastodon.radio I certainly hope that's not the case. The likelihood of this being true approaches zero. The type of RTG the CIA would have used produces around 50 watts when new and its output declines about one percent per year. 50 watts is the amount of energy the sun puts on a patch of ground about 25 centimeters square.

Plutonium contamination is obviously possible. This would require that the RTG be dismantled to expose the plutonium and the plutonium (a metal) broken into some form that could get into the environment. It's possible.