Re: DU Projectiles

["Scott D. Kniffin" <Scott.D.Kniffin.1@gsfc.nasa.gov>]

At 15:35 11/10/97 -0600, you wrote:
>table) and some of the mixed items from its manufacture 
>from spent reactor fuel that often include berrilium and 
>other trace heavy metals that are also not easily removed 
>from the blood, brain and other organ systems.  
>Mark Steinbuchel
>markst@ONC.hhsys.org
>
Are you certain of the origin of the DU as being spent reactor fuel?
I personally can't imagine that.  My recollection from one of my professors
was that the stock came from the hundreds of tons of U-238 produced by the 
UF6 gas diffusion plant at Oak Ridge.  Anyone at ORNL care to comment?

Scott Kniffin

Scott.D.Kniffin.1@gsfc.nasa.gov
RSO, Unisys Corp. @ Lanham, MD
CHO, Radiation Effects Facility, GSFC, NASA, Greenbelt, MD

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