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Topic "Depleted uranium" was discussed 3,660 times on 644 sites in last 3 months
Started 2 weeks, 2 days ago (2010-03-06 05:14:00)
by Serdra
Depleted Uranium Uranium (U) is a radioactive element found in small amounts throughout the natural environment. Natural uranium is a mixture of three different isotopes (238U, 235U and 234U), of which 238U has by far the highest concentration. Uranium is used primarily as fuel material in nuclear power plants. Most reactors require uranium in which the 235U content is enriched from its ...
Started 2 weeks, 2 days ago (2010-03-06 02:59:00)
by Monash
Over the past couple of weeks I have been reading/listening to media reports about what is alleged to be a sudden sharp increase in the level of birth defects being detected in the town of Fallujah. Local doctors and townspeople are apparently claiming that the cause can be traced to the use of D.U. rounds and white phosphorous by U.S. troops during the battle against Sunni??? insurgents. The ...
Started 2 weeks, 4 days ago (2010-03-04 13:40:00)
by FC2_Kidd
There is not much information for what I am searching for, so I thought I would try here. I am a 40 year old vet that is experiencing severe joint pain, and chronic fatigue. These symptoms have just started within the past 3 months. I went to see my Doctor and he mentioned Gulf War Syndrome. I would have never thought that because of the fact that I am a Navy vet that ...
Started 2 weeks, 4 days ago (2010-03-04 05:36:00)
by wartsttocs
Quote: Birth defects 'have risen since US Fallujah operation' By John Simpson BBC World Affairs Editor Many families left the town ahead of the US-led operation in 2004 A BBC investigation in Iraq has confirmed a disturbingly high number of birth defects among children in the town of Fallujah. Six years ago, in 2004, there were fierce ...
Started 2 weeks, 4 days ago (2010-03-03 20:01:00)
by RSS_News_User
AP - Nuclear waste that's been buried in Utah's west desert for several years likely includes some material that's not allowed under state law, according to an environmental group's report released Wednesday. View the Entire Article
Started 2 weeks, 4 days ago (2010-03-03 20:01:00)
by RSS_News_User
AP - Nuclear waste that's been buried in Utah's west desert for several years likely includes some material that's not allowed under state law, according to an environmental group's report released Wednesday. View the Entire Article
Started 2 weeks, 4 days ago (2010-03-03 20:00:00)
by RSS_News_User
AP - Nuclear waste that's been buried in Utah's west desert for several years likely includes some material that's not allowed under state law, according to an environmental group's report released Wednesday. View the Entire Article
Started 2 weeks, 4 days ago (2010-03-03 20:00:00)
by RSS_News_User
AP - Nuclear waste that's been buried in Utah's west desert for several years likely includes some material that's not allowed under state law, according to an environmental group's report released Wednesday. View the Entire Article
Started 2 weeks, 4 days ago (2010-03-03 20:00:00)
by RSS_News_User
AP - Nuclear waste that's been buried in Utah's west desert for several years likely includes some material that's not allowed under state law, according to an environmental group's report released Wednesday. View the Entire Article
Started 1 day, 3 hours ago (2010-03-21 11:19:00)
by jugchoke
_________________ "Government is not the solution to our problem, government IS the problem....As government expands, liberty contracts." Ronald Reagan.----(All my dogs have beards!)
Started 3 days, 10 hours ago (2010-03-19 04:43:00)
by Triple C
Quote: Originally Posted by cr9527 Oh noes! Lets ban lead based bullets too! It is happening as we speak . While I can see the point of banning indiscriminate and needlessly cruel weapons, there are very few conventional weapons that I can think of actually meets that standard. The international community is ...
Started 6 days, 6 hours ago (2010-03-16 08:28:00)
by Statistical
Edited on Tue Mar-16-10 08:40 AM by Statistical http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uranium_hexafluoride Durring enrichment uranium is combined with florine to produce UF6 "hex". After enrichment the depleted portion of uranium is left in gas form. Separating it from Flourine is extremely expensive and energy intensive. We have 700,000 tons already in gas form in massive tankyards....
Started 1 day, 2 hours ago (2010-03-21 12:46:00)
by 42N
> Well, obviously ya'll didn't do your homework on depleted uranium. The danger from DU is not the radiation it's the fact that DU is a heavy metal and when ingested by a human gets into the kidneys, settles and then starts causing medical problems. We are all around DU just from being on earth but when a couple buddies find an Iraqi tank that was hit by a DU round and...
Started 4 days, 6 hours ago (2010-03-18 08:09:00)
by C
Cters are confusing: Roger: It is a fact that every reader of this post has Uranium-238 in their body and has inhaled and ingested Uranium-238 dust every day of their lives. How many of you readers have birth defects resulting from this? No way. You mean that everyone but apparently leave the herd knows that we ingest uranium everyday when we drink water, get dust in our nose and ...
