Briefing on Depleted Uranium - News Transcript

[Susan L Gawarecki <loc@icx.net>]

Following is an excerpt of a DoD briefing on DU that I though would

interest RadSafers.  It deals with both the weaponry and health

aspects.  A link to the full text is given at bottom.



--Susan Gawarecki



Briefing on Depleted Uranium - News Transcript

On the web:

http://www.defenselink.mil/news/Mar2003/t03142003_t314depu.html 

Media contact: media@defenselink.mil or +1 (703) 697-5131 

Public contact: public@defenselink.mil or +1 (703) 428-0711 



Presenter: COL James Naughton, U.S. Army Materiel Command 

Friday, March 14, 2003 -- 1 p.m.EST 



(Also participating in this briefing was Dr. Michael Kilpatrick) 



MODERATOR: Thank you for attending this afternoon. Today's briefing is

on depleted uranium. Depleted uranium is something that I think we haze

not done a good enough job in making sure that everybody understands

what depleted uranium is and what it isn't. And as we go forward, and if

there is a conflict in Iraq, I think it's important for everybody to

have a good understanding of depleted uranium, because there is an awful

lot of misinformation out there about depleted uranium. 



To help us do that today we have two briefers. We have Army Colonel

James Naughton from the U.S. Army Materiel Command and he'll talk about

depleted uranium as a weapon and as an armor plating. And also with us

today is Dr. Michael Kilpatrick, who is of the Deployment Health Support

Directorate, and he will be here to talk to you about the health effects

of depleted uranium. We have probably about 30 minutes or so, but we

will try to get all your questions answered. So let's go ahead and get

started. 



Full text of briefing (long) at

http://www.defenselink.mil/news/Mar2003/t03142003_t314depu.html

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Susan L. Gawarecki, Ph.D., Executive Director

Oak Ridge Reservation Local Oversight Committee

102 Robertsville Road, Suite B, Oak Ridge, TN 37830

Toll free 888-770-3073 ~ www.local-oversight.org

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