[ RadSafe ] Storage of Depleted Uranium Metal in Utah

[Roger Helbig]

Have any of you been following this in the Utah legislature?  There
has been massive citizen campaign to stop this storage because long
future Uranium-238 decay products are more radioactive than U-238.
What I think that they are not getting is the amount of time that this
takes and the amount of higher level radioactive decay products that
will be created and their affect on the overall radioactivity.  I get
these because I have a Google Alert on Depleted Uranium that usually
advises me of something happening in Serbia where they are still
trying to claim that NATO poisoned their country forever and may have
a UC Berkeley professor appearing in a 20th anniversary documentary
movie that claims to have big name Hollywood support.  They may also
be spreading lies on the internet.  The professor has yet to reply to
me, but I was not particularly diplomatic in my approach so she might
also be ignoring me.

Thanks

Roger Helbig

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"depleted uranium"
https://www.sltrib.com/news/2019/02/20/utah-senate-advances-bill/
Daily update ⋅ February 21, 2019
NEWS
Utah Senate advances bill to accept depleted uranium in Utah
Salt Lake Tribune
The Utah Senate took another step Wednesday toward allowing
EnergySolutions to accept shipments of depleted uranium at its
radioactive waste ...

https://www.deseretnews.com/article/900056657/radioactive-waste-bill-gets-preliminary-approval-in-utah-senate.html
Radioactive waste bill gets preliminary approval in Utah Senate - Deseret News
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HB220: Bill would bring toxic waste into Utah, improve acceptance assessments
https://universe.byu.edu/2019/02/20/hb220-bill-would-bring-toxic-waste-into-utah-improve-acceptance-assessments-1/
Universe.byu.edu
An amended bill that would change the way depleted uranium waste is
accepted in Utah is drawing both support and opposition from
legislators.

Letter: A hard swipe left
https://www.deseretnews.com/article/900056554/letter-a-hard-swipe-left.html
Deseret News
The bill bypasses consideration of the unique nature of depleted
uranium and removes the 2005 statewide ban on Classes B & C waste,
giving full ...

Feeling Depleted fsf
https://www.cityweekly.net/utah/feeling-depleted-fsf/Content?oid=13020281
Salt Lake City Weekly
Depleted uranium. Haven't we been through this before? The argument
this time is different—if comical. The idea before the Legislature is
to allow ...