Re: HEU in Yugoslavia,

["High Plains Drifter" <magna1@jps.net>]

Subject: HEU in Yugoslavia,



.....>  Under heavy guard and security precautions, Russia reclaimed

possession from

>Yugoslavia last week of 6,000 rods of fresh, highly enriched uranium, known

as HEU. The >shipment weighed only 45 kilograms ....



Is it just me or is approx. 7 grams per rod kind of low?  They say the whole

shipment weighed around 45 kilograms- therefore, 7 grams is on the high side

for the HEU in each "rod".  Just imagine the mass of 6,000 items of any

shape (visable to the eye) comprised of Uranium.



H. Dean Chaney, CHP

URS Corp. Sacramento, CA

(916) 679-2086



"In science there is only physics; everything else is stamp collecting."

                                      --Ernest Rutherford

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