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Depleted Uranium

• FACTSHEET: From DUF6 to DU metal By Lizzy Bloem

  Depleted uranium hexafluoride (DUF6) is the toxic and radioactive by-product of the enrichment process. In conversion or processing plants DUF6 is converted to DUF4, and subsequently to depleted uranium metal. This metal is used in uranium weapons.
  

  29 September 2006 - ICBUW

• FACTSHEET: Long-term DUF6 storage By Lizzy Bloem

  Depleted uranium hexafluoride (DUF6) is the toxic and radioactive by-product of the enrichment process. More than a million of tonnes of waste from the enrichment industry is stored at dumps all around the world.

  29 September 2006 - ICBUW

• Let's Get The Story Straight 12 April 2004

  Once again, I find myself cringing at an op-ed piece about depleted uranium written by a well-meaning but misinformed activist. Don't get me wrong. I'm more than pleased to see another article presenting the hazards and problems associated with DU brought before the public. We can't get enough publicity, to be sure. Minor misstatements here and there probably don't hurt our cause too much, but over time they could undermine our credibility. We don't need to provide our opponents with ammunition.
  

  29 September 2006 - Dan Bishop

• Depleted Uranium Weapons & the New World Order May 1999

  Depleted Uranium (DU) is a toxic and radioactive by-product of the production of enriched fuel for nuclear reactors and weapons. DU is defined as ‘depleted’ because it is mainly constituted by uranium isotope U-238 and contains less of the fissionable isotope U-235. DU is about 60% as radioactive as natural uranium, but it also exists in a much more concentrated form. DU has a radioactive half-life of 4.5 billion years.1

  2 October 2006 - Simon Faulkner