Hmmm, without the dirt, the pure uranium would be a cube with about 0,174 mm sides, hardly half a teaspoon is it?Originally Posted by Xiahou's article
Most Uranium is inhaled (about 98%).
And those 630.000 pounds mentioned in the article gives about 2,85 Trillion (US trillion) doses of that size and due to the long half-life of U-238 it will stay there until it's desipitated into the soil.
Not to mention that uranium is also toxic and that the main radiation problem with uranium isn't the substance itself, but the daughter nuclides. Radon-222 for example.
A. We aren't even near talking about lead.Originally Posted by Vladimir
B. The issue with DU isn't when it's used for warfare, but that you contaminates the place for at least decades, probably centuries and possibly millenias.
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