Re: DU Facts

["Oldewage, Hans D" <HDOLDEW@sandia.gov>]

As already stated - gram for gram, uranium is uranium as far as heavy metal
toxicity is concerned, and the uranium specific activity is about half of
natural uranium.  Also, in terms of total radioactivity, gram for gram
you're alot better off with DU, since only the first couple of daughter
products are present in equilibrium, and the rest aren't going to buildup to
any appreciable fraction for a million years or so.

On the flip side, there aren't many large masses of natural uranium flying
around to make a fair comparison.

Hans
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Hans Oldewage
Sandia National Laboratories
505-845-7728
hdoldew@sandia.gov


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