Summary: As you might imagine, however, if we keep putting in natural uranium into the enriching process and getting out enriched uranium, there must be a lot of U-238 which goes elsewhere. The BREEDER reactors about which you may have heard (the famous plutonium shipment to Japan from about 2 years ago was destined for one) convert this U-238 into plutonium which is then used to fuel the reactor.
WISE Uranium Project - Home Page
Summary: (this page last updated 11 Oct 1997) WISE Uranium Project covers the health and environmental impacts of the front end of the nuclear fuel cycle - in particular of uranium mining and milling. Statistical Data · Current Issues · Impacts · Tailings Management · ALERTS · NEWS · SITE MAP · SEARCH · HELP · LINKS · WISE Home. Uranium Mines + Ownership: Canada · USA · South America · Africa · Europe · Asia · Australia.
Waste Management - Depleted Uranium
Summary: The Technology Assessment Report for the Long-Term Management of Depleted Uranium Hexafluoride, UCRL-AR-120372, dated June 30, 1995. S. DOE Argonne National Laboratory - Environmental Assessment Division) U.S. DOE Depleted Uranium Inventory by Site and Form (DOE - EM) Cylinders of Depleted UF6 at the K-25 Plant in Oak Ridge, Tennessee: image (44k) (DOE - EM).
Pentagon Ignores Health Perils Of Anti-Tank Shell
Summary: May 06, 1997 WASHINGTON (AP) - A citizen activist group accused the Defense Department of ignoring the possibility that exposure to the Army's depleted uranium shells may have caused unexplained illnesses suffered by Gulf War veterans. The New York-based group has published a book, "Metal of Dishonor," which asserts that the Pentagon is endangering lives by using depleted uranium weapons.
Summary: Depleted Uranium (DU) Environmental Assessment: The United State Air Force is reconstituting Depleted Uranium (DU) air-to-ground training activities at the Nellis Air Force Range in southern Nevada, (View or download Environmental Assessment). June 1997 -- Draft Environmental Assessment (EA),"Resumption of Use of Depleted Uranium Rounds at Nellis Air Force Range, Target 63-10," July 19,.
Declassification of Today's Inventory and Historical Inventories
Summary: The Department of Energy has declassified today's inventory and historical inventories of depleted uranium at the Rocky Flats Plant, near Denver, Colorado. With this declassification, those interested in oversight of depleted uranium related activities will have additional information regarding today's inventory and historical inventories of depleted uranium at the Rocky Flats Plant.