[TheForge] Weird nucular facts

[Demon Buddha]

Bruce Freeman wrote:
> As I mentioned earlier, what happens is that shards of DU are stripped
> off the munition.  The heat of friction ignites these like magnesium,
> and this can set off the bulk DU.  DU-oxide is both highly toxic (as are
> nearly all heavy metals) AND somewhat radioactive.  So it's not METAL
> dust you have to worry about but metal oxide smoke.

	Similar to Be, which is relatively innocuous; but BeO(2?) is highly 
toxic and causes severe respiratory problems.