[ RadSafe ] funniest DU scare story ever !

[denison8 at wowway.com]

Anybody got a ref for the exposure rate from a kilo of DU (I'm at 
home without my books).  Off the top of my head I'd guess no more 
than a couple of mrem.

At 20:55 -0400 5/24/06, Jaro wrote:
>http://www.space.com/astronotes/astronotes.html
>May 24
>Florida Couple Finds Depleted Uranium in Old NASA Tool Box
>
><snip>
>
>The state Bureau of Radiation Control retrieved the cylinder. They said the
>piece is toxic, but does not pose a health hazard to the community. They did
>say that if the couple had walked around the house with the uranium in their
>pocket, they would get radiation sickness.
>     [[ ....really ?? ....so i guess my colleague who's been wearing a radium
>luminous-dial watch for the past 40 years must be fried to a crisp !
>....oddly enough, he doesn't look it ! ]]
>
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Eric Denison
Westerville, Ohio, USA
denison8 at wowway.com

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