[ RadSafe ] Radiation from Uranium Oxide

[Jeff Terry]

The boiling point of UO2 is ~ 3800 K (6859 R) according to ANL (http://www.insc.anl.gov/matprop/uo2/vap/vpw.php 
).

The density of UO2 at 273 K (491 R) is 10.96 g/cm^3 so 1 mg of UO2 is  
~ 0.009 cm^3 so it would be about 3 mm x 3 mm x 1 mm.

Jeff


Jeff Terry
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On Apr 22, 2010, at 7:14 AM, Roger Helbig wrote:

> Bob Nichols in his April 7 article - PTSD, infertility and other
> consequences of war makes the following claim about radiation - I am  
> quite
> sure it is bogus, but I would like to have accurate information to  
> refute
> it.  Thank you.
>
> Roger Helbig
>
> "Each tiny milligram (of Depleted Uranium Oxide) shoots about  
> 1,251,000
> powerful radioactive bullets a day with a range of about 20 cells of  
> the
> human body for thousands or even billions of years. This is  
> according to
> noted mathematician and radiation expert, Rosalie Bertell, Ph.D.,  
> GNSH."
>
> Nichols claims that this is weaponized uranium oxide ceramic gas -  
> something
> that we all know does not exist.  Does anyone have the boiling point  
> of
> Uranium Oxide readily handy?
>
> What is the approximate size of one 1 milligram of DU Oxide?
>
> If anyone would like to help me take apart either the Nichols  
> article or the
> Jerry Mazza article that has been spun off of Nichols's lies with even
> bigger Mazza exaggerations, I sure would appreciate the help.  I am  
> starting
> with the Nichols article.  I am hoping if I can show that this is  
> totally
> preposterous that Mazza's article will be hoisted on its own petard.
>
>
>
>
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