From:	bellovar@***.WISC.EDU
Subject:	Re: Depleted Uranium is radioactive
Date:	Mon, 5 Apr 93 19:01:10 CDT

> Depleted Uranium is just that: depleted. It is not dangerously radioactive
> and cannot be used to make a nuclear wepaon any more than the engine block
> of a Westwind can.
>
> The reason they are so effective isn't because of any radiation: it's because
> they are so dense, amongst the densest materials known.
>
> J Roberson

You can still take depleted uranium and reprocess it. From that you
can extract weapons grade material. That is the whole reason that the US
has only 3 radiactive waste refineries left (DOE, DoD, and, hmmm.., there
is another one yet that I can't recall) The US put a ban on the reprocessing
of reactor waste to keep atomics out of the hands of terrorists. Of course,
the year after we banned it, France opened up their's to whoever had the money,
so it was rather silly and useless if you ask me.

I realize it is fue to it's density, but it is not harmless. By the
way (*grin*) what did you do to the engine block of your Westwind?

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