Re: Radioactive Material Transportation

[David Abbott <abbott@washops.llnl.gov>]

Ballast is used in control surfaces to prevent flutter, but I don't think
DU has been used for this purpose for quite a few years now.

At 06:30 AM 8/14/97 -0500, Cameron Jeffries wrote:
>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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David Abbott
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