[TheForge] Weird nucular facts

[Peter Fels And Phoebe Palmer]

Their memories of wrongs done them in the past have a very long 
half-life...many generations.
This administration has consistantly outflanked irony, parody and 
sarcasm with their actions on our behalf...pf

Ralph Sproul wrote:
> 	Nice touch.......sick soldiers and dead children.    ..........kind of
> takes the mystery out of why they'll kill themselves to blow up as many
> americans as possible.
> 
>  definition of irony (?):   Let's Dump 321 tons of radioactive dust on a
> muslim people in hopes they won't put together a dirty bomb to return the
> favor.
> 
> Ralph
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: theforge-bounces at mailman.qth.net
> [mailto:theforge-bounces at mailman.qth.net]On Behalf Of Peter Fels And
> Phoebe Palmer
> Sent: Wednesday, May 10, 2006 9:58 PM
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> Subject: Re: [TheForge] Weird nucular facts
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> A reporter friend did an ivestigation in Iraq hospitals between
> the wars and found an unusually high incidence of lukemia,
> especially in children..PF
> 
> wmullett at bright.net wrote:
> 
>>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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>>>*>Subject: Re: [TheForge] Weird nucular facts
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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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