Karlsruhe plutonium affair

In 2001, an unnamed German man was convicted of attempting to poison his ex-wife with plutonium stolen from a small scale German plutonium reprocessing plant he worked at. He stole rags used for wiping surfaces and a small amount of liquid waste. At least two people (besides the criminal) were contaminated by the plutonium. Two flats near him were contaminated and had to be cleaned at a cost of €2 million.