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Uranium in the U.S.A. is controlled by the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission. New uses are being found for depleted uranium, ie., uranium with the percentage of 235U lowered to about 0.2%.
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www.corrosionsource.com/handbook/periodic/92.htm
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Uranium - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Uranium (pronounced /jʊˈreɪniəm/ ) is a silvery-white metallic chemical element in the actinide series of the periodic table that has the symbol U and atomic number 92. Besides its 92 protons...
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Brief description: uranium is of great interest because of its application to nuclear power and nuclear weapons. Uranium contamination is an emotive environmental problem. It is not particularly rare and is more common than beryllium or tungsten for instance.
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www.webelements.com/webelements/elements/text/U/key.htm...
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Contamination caused with depleted uranium will last for 4.5 billion years ... The radiation level may testify to the fact that the US army used uranium-cored projectiles in the raids. Japan's Kyodo News agency reported from Baghdad, a group of specialists had found several radioactive tanks in the area of the Iraqi town...
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Front page / World ... The US Armed Forces increased their use of depleted uranium weapons in Iraq six times. This resulted in radioactive contamination of a number of regions in Baghdad.
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Toxic Ammo is Tested in Fish Areas; U.S. Navy uses depleted uranium in coast waters; activists may go to court ; ... The Defense Department says the military uses the munitions "because of DU's superior lethality against armor and other hard targets."
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www.commondreams.org/headlines03/0109-02.htm
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Present accounts of U.S. energy consumption are incomplete in two ways: they include neither the direct military uses of nuclear energy nor the mostly military, nonfuel uses of uranium.
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www.sciencemag.org/cgi/content/abstract/201/4356/609
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Israel Uses Depleted Uranium Shells: ... A major anti-war organization in the United States is calling for an international investigation of Israeli use of depleted uranium shells in its attempt to repress the Al- Aqsa Intifada--the uprising of Palestinians against the occupation.
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