[ RadSafe ] Storage of Depleted Uranium Metal in Utah

[bobcherry at satx.rr.com]

While it is true that DU becomes more radioactive with passing time:

1. It is only returning to its natural state (with lesser-than-natural contributions from U-235 progeny) and,
2. It takes over 20,000 years to get there.

Bob Cherry

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From: RadSafe <radsafe-bounces at health.phys.iit.edu> On Behalf Of Roger Helbig
Sent: Thursday, February 21, 2019 8:01 AM
To: RADSAFE <radsafe at health.phys.iit.edu>
Subject: [ RadSafe ] Storage of Depleted Uranium Metal in Utah

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 Full Coverage

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 ...
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