[TheForge] Weird nucular facts

[Chris Kilpatrick]

Depleted uranium is FAR more dangerous as a poison than a source of radiation.  It will be poisonous for a long time, uranium is very heavy and the winds and rains won't do much to move it, so it will stay where it is and poison whoever comes in contact with it.

> ----- Original Message -----
> From: wmullett at bright.net
> To: "Sponsored by ABANA" <theforge at mailman.qth.net>
> Subject: Re: RE: [TheForge] Weird nucular facts
> Date: Wed, 10 May 2006 17:40:06 -0400
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> 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:
> > *>
> > *>> 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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