Re[2]: Radioactive Material Transportation

[roseb@SMTP-gw.gdls.com (Boyd H Rose)]

     Andy was probably referring to the aircraft counterweights.  Most of 
     the public (avaiation, safety, and hp types excepted) or the media 
     probably are not aware that aircraft may incorporate depleted uranium 
     counterweights and that their benefit far outweigh their risks 
     associate with crashes.
     
     Boyd H. Rose, CM
     Radiation Protection Officer
     General Dynamics Land Systems Division
     
     The opinions expresses above are solely my own and do not under any 
     circumstance reflect those of my employer.
     


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Subject: Re: Radioactive Material Transportation
Author:  radsafe@romulus.ehs.uiuc.edu at Internet/Unix
Date:    8/14/97 6:24 AM


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.
     
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