Re: Radioactive Material Transportation

[Cameron Jeffries <c.jeffries@qut.edu.au>]

At 02:57 14/08/97 -0500, Andy Hancock wrote:
>
>Don't know the answer to that, but don't all large aeroplanes carry
>quite a lot of depleted uranium as ballast anyway. Just a thought.
>
>
>Andy Hancock
>a.hancock@cxwms.ac.uk

It is hard to believe that planes would carry ballast at all. Why make an
aeroplane heavier that necessary so that you need more fuel, which in turn
makes the aircraft heavier. I believe that if any ballast is needed then
extra fuel is added and balanced throughout the aircraft.

----------------------------------------------------------------------------
Cameron Jeffries
Environmental Aerosol Laboratory
School of Physical Sciences
Queensland University of Technology
2 George St
Brisbane 4001

+61 7 3864 1129 (Phone)
+61 7 3864 1521 (Fax)
c.jeffries@qut.edu.au