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^^^I'm not so sure that it's that much less active than uranium. At least not to the point that a sheet of paper can stop the radioactive emissions. That being said, the main danger comes from breathing the dust (which I imagine forms quite readily when you are using something as a kinetic weapon. just doesn't seem that safe to me. I'd really not want to live near any place that was littered with tons of the stuff.

http://www.ead.anl.gov/pub/doc/u-depleted.pdf

good times, I definitely wouldn't want to breathe any DU oxide, that's for sure. I mean that government data on DU doesn't make it sound safe at all. the U-235, though a rather small content, is very readily fissionable. Gamma rays for all,

The hulk supports the use of Depleted Uranium.

On that note, small bricks of uranium are great paperweights.
Once at the airport where my old roommates dad worked, they had this small box with a uranium cube that was appx. 1 sq. ft. we couldn't lift it. That stuff is crazy heavy.

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also from that pdf

I'm sure this is where the safety worries come into play.

<blockquote data-quote="r0beph" data-source="post: 6471" data-attributes="member: 355">^^^I&#039;m not so sure that it&#039;s that much less active than uranium.&nbsp; At least not to the point that a sheet of paper can stop the radioactive emissions.&nbsp; That being said,&nbsp; the main danger comes from breathing the dust (which I imagine forms quite readily when you are using something as a kinetic weapon.&nbsp; just doesn&#039;t seem that safe to me.&nbsp; I&#039;d really not want to live near any place that was littered with tons of the stuff.<a href="http://www.ead.anl.gov/pub/doc/u-depleted.pdf" target="_blank">http://www.ead.anl.gov/pub/doc/u-depleted.pdf</a>good times,&nbsp; I definitely wouldn&#039;t want to breathe any DU oxide,&nbsp; that&#039;s for sure.&nbsp; I mean that government data on DU doesn&#039;t make it sound safe at all.&nbsp; the U-235,&nbsp; though a rather small content,&nbsp; is very readily fissionable.&nbsp; Gamma rays for all,<img src="http://scoop.diamondgalleries.com/news_images/1343_3383_1.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " data-size="" style="" />&nbsp; The hulk supports the use of Depleted Uranium.&nbsp;&nbsp;On that note,&nbsp; small bricks of uranium are great paperweights. Once at the airport where my old roommates dad worked,&nbsp; they had this small box with a uranium cube that was appx. 1 sq. ft. we couldn&#039;t lift it.&nbsp; That stuff is crazy heavy.------editalso from that pdfI&#039;m sure this is where the safety worries come into play.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="r0beph, post: 6471, member: 355"] ^^^I'm not so sure that it's that much less active than uranium. At least not to the point that a sheet of paper can stop the radioactive emissions. That being said, the main danger comes from breathing the dust (which I imagine forms quite readily when you are using something as a kinetic weapon. just doesn't seem that safe to me. I'd really not want to live near any place that was littered with tons of the stuff. [URL="http://www.ead.anl.gov/pub/doc/u-depleted.pdf"]http://www.ead.anl.gov/pub/doc/u-depleted.pdf[/URL] good times, I definitely wouldn't want to breathe any DU oxide, that's for sure. I mean that government data on DU doesn't make it sound safe at all. the U-235, though a rather small content, is very readily fissionable. Gamma rays for all, [IMG]http://scoop.diamondgalleries.com/news_images/1343_3383_1.jpg[/IMG] The hulk supports the use of Depleted Uranium. On that note, small bricks of uranium are great paperweights. Once at the airport where my old roommates dad worked, they had this small box with a uranium cube that was appx. 1 sq. ft. we couldn't lift it. That stuff is crazy heavy. ------edit also from that pdf I'm sure this is where the safety worries come into play. [/QUOTE]

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