Depleted Uranium

[bill fancher]

This is not specific to Yugoslavia, but relevant to DU in general. There 
is much uninformed hysteria about this subject (e.g. claims that NATO
was using "nuclear weapons" against Serbia.)


>From <http://www.defenselink.mil/news/Aug1998/n08101998_9808107.html>:

 Bernard Rostker, special assistant to the secretary of defense

 for Gulf War illnesses, said during a Pentagon news conference

 Aug. 4 that even veterans most severely exposed to depleted

 uranium show no symptoms.

 ...

 Rostker said even a worst-case scenario does not show release of

 significant enough amounts of depleted uranium to harm people. A

 worst-case scenario, according to investigators, would be two

 depleted uranium rounds hitting a uranium-sheathed Abrams tank.

 "The amount of uranium oxide released over 15 minutes [in this

 worst-case scenario] is equal to one REM [roentgen equivalent,

 man -- a measure of radiation dosage], well below the limits set

 by the Nuclear Regulatory Commission," Rostker said.

 DoD will continue the investigation into depleted uranium. The

 results of this examination are posted on GulfLINK at

 http://www.gulflink.osd.mil.

You can find the report itself at:

<http://www.gulflink.osd.mil/library/randrep/du/>


> Hello all,
> A request -- has anyone archived or can they recall a source for the
> stories about use of 'depleted uranium' in the attacks on Yugoslavia?
> Archived would be best.
> Thanks for any help.
> Catherine
>

--
bill

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