[TheForge] Weird nucular facts

[wmullett at bright.net]

A good question would be - How much does this contaminate an area?  Will large battle areas end up being like the mine fields in Bosnia and other places where children die from left over war items?  

In Bosnia and other areas it's mines but is there a residual radiation contamination or is the level so low that it will never be a problem? 

From: "Grover Richardson" <grover.richardson at gtri.gatech.edu>
Date: Wed May 10, 4:02 PM
To: "'Sponsored by ABANA'" <theforge at mailman.qth.net>
Subject: RE: [TheForge] Weird nucular facts

Lesson learned.  When you shoot the enemy, don't go looking for
souvenirs<G>.

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>*>mpaietta wrote:
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>*>> I wonder if DU rounds are like thorated tungsten for TIGs? 
>*>For those 
>*>> that don't know there are different Tungsten you can use 
>*>in a TIG and 
>*>> thorated is one which is mildly radio active. On it's own 
>*>it is fine, 
>*>> but when it is ground for to make the tip, you get 
>*>radioactive dust. 
>*>> What do you think happens to DU rounds when they slam in to other 
>*>> metal.
>*>
>*>	DU rounds liquefy on impact.  They penetrate because of 
>*>the density and 
>*>resulting momentum, which is applied to a very small area.  As it 
>*>enters, say, the turret of a tank it does so as a shower of 
>*>molten armor 
>*>and uranium.  A lot of it is atomized into very fine 
>*>particles that go 
>*>all over the place.
>*>
>*>	As someone noted earlier, the greatest hazard posed by 
>*>elements such as 
>*>uranium and plutonium is usually not the radiation but the extreme 
>*>chemical toxicity of the heavy metal. 
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