Radioactive gold in Goldfinger [closed]

In the 1964 movie, Goldfinger tries to make the entire gold reserve of Fort Knox radioactive for 58 years (through Cobolt and Iodine), although this sounds quite clever, what do you think would happen if this scenario played out in the real world (let's say in 2015). Obviously the gold wouldnt be useless since it's still gold, although radioactive, and let's remember the reserve is only a reserve. The US can choose whether to confirm or deny the circumstances of the gold. Particularly, I'm interested what effects would this scenario potentially have through a economical, political and diplomatic perspective?

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Best Answer

I think even now it would play out as in the film. It's not that Goldfinger is quietly making the gold radioactive, there is a nuclear bomb involved, which would be slightly difficult to conceal the explosion. If anything it could be worse, other countries may assume ANY reserve is radioactive, so all reserves may decrease in value.

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