Radioactive Waste 119 - The World Health Organization Refuses To Release Study on the Effects of Depleted Uranium on the Health of the Iraqi People
Most naturally occurring uranium is U-238 which is mildly radioactive. When the tiny amount of highly-radioactive U-235 in uranium ore is extracted and concentrated to make uranium fuel and nuclear weapons, the U-238 that is left in the processed ore is called "depleted uranium." It is very dense and makes excellent projectiles for use in munitions.
Geiger Readings for February 23, 2014
Geiger Readings for February 22, 2014
Geiger Readings for February 21, 2014
Radioactive Waste 118 - What Warning Sign Could Be Used To Protect People from Nuclear Waste for Thousands of Years
I have often mentioned the longevity of nuclear waste. U-235, the isotope that provides power in many nuclear reactors has a half-life of about seven hundred million years. U-238 constitutes most of the naturally occurring uranium and it has a half-life of four billion years. The Pu-239, the isotope which is produced in nuclear reactors and used as fuel or in nuclear weapons, has a half life of over eighty thousand years.