[TheForge] Blacksmithing

[Andrew Vida]

ries wrote:
> I am not sure how radioactive they
> still are- 

The rounds or the helpers?

Uranium's half life is about 4.3 billion years, so yeah, those are 
definitely still radioactive.



> But I have heard that its the dust from rounds that have
> turned to plasma on impact that is what you have to worry about.

Yeah, the oxide is a bad actor as I recall.

 > If
> the round missed, it is still a cohesive chunk of DU, and, unless you
> grind it up and eat it, not anywhere near as toxic to humans.

	Yeah, it is the finely divided metal that is the greater threat.  No 
doubt your lungs would not be so happy to have particles.