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Indy story on DU in shannon:
http://www.indymedia.ie/article/74089
Story by me in Indy, contains loads of DU info.
http://www.indymedia.ie/article/74048
Story of DU laden plane crash in Canada, lots of facts and figures.
http://www.americanfreepress.net/html/depleted_uranium.html
Russian site, with a helluva lot of DU information and uses.
http://www.aeronautics.ru/archive/du-watch/us_gov_about...u.htm
The public are very much unaware how plentiful DU is, and the risks associated with it. Admittedly when it is burnt it becomes incredibly dangerous and toxic. However, even if it remains in a state that hasn't been oxidised, it presents significant, toxicological and radiological dangers, especially to children who live a hand to mouth existence.
Sláinte,
Seán Ryan
Sean is correct. A few years ago there was a similar concern at Stansted, following the crash of a cargo jet that had a DU tail weight.
DU was (may still be, not sure) used for many years to make counterwieghts for the tails of some aircraft. Can't remember which models off the top of my head. Not as dangerous here as in weapons because it's one big lump - but if it burns it's nasty! (Search for info on the crash into a residential neighbourhood near Amsterdam Airport for example)
Sean you say:
>Don't forget that DU (depleted uranium) is a common component found abundantly in the Republic.
I am not too sure what you mean by that, cos other than the Uranium described in UCC, I don't think there is any other source. It is true that there are some Uranium ores in Ireland, but I am not sure how rich they are in Uranium and they definitely would not be a source of DU since you would have to do a lot of processing to get at it.
And second you say:
>..harvest approximately 1,500 kg's of DU from an older boeing 747
There's no DU in a boeing 747 that I am aware of. It would be an unusual metal to put in a commerical airplane, considering Uranium is a very dense and heavy metal and in the manufacture of airplanes, one always would try to use the lightest metals that you can to save on fuel consumption.
Methinks Bertie should look into securtity, for the D.I.Y. nuke/dirty bomb. Tis funny that Bertie et al got so upset about WMD's possibly being in Iraq, when just down the road a few yards we ourselves had WMD components.
Maybe we need to call in UN arms inspectors, and call for UN sanctions against ourselves, until we have accounted for all WMD's and WMD manufacturing facilities in the Republic.
Don't forget that DU (depleted uranium) is a common component found abundantly in the Republic. Eg, the Average terrorist could harvest approximately 1,500 kg's of DU from an older boeing 747. You'd make quite a few 'dirty bombs,' with that, with little or no knowledge whatsoever.
Thanks Kathy,
Seán
Remember when the US mission to the UN stole the 4,000 page report submitted to the UNSC by Iraq, detailing over twenty years of arms deals and weapons development... Everyone else at the UNSC was outraged... Everyone, that is, except Ireland.
We didn't want to see the pages filtered by the US, and didn't even want to know what they contained, said our ambassador to the UN, as we wouldn't want to come across any information to do with the development of nuclear weapons by accident -- oh the horror! -- Which would be a breach of our NPT obligations. America's representative at the time, Negroponte, didn't even stoop to our government's level of contempt for the truth. "Yeh, so what" was his reaction.