[Drew]

[quote="Short Hand":7a22d]Now correct me if im wrong here noc, i dont want to get into a fight about fucking uranium shells.

This article claims it has a 60 % radioActive comparision to its un depleted cousin.

Now this stuff is "harmless when in shells true" What I think is true is that this stuff "becomes dangerous" when it forms into the aerosol form, which happens on impact, this by product of the shot is the dangerous part The stuff that causes radio activity.

I would hope the scientists and all the arthors behind this stuff are not raving fanatical idiots. I don't want to fight about this shit either just trying to clear things up.[/quote:7a22d]

Yeah, I'm not trying to argue or anything.

Basically, what you need to take from it is this:

DU has only 60% the radiation content of natural uranium. Now, of that 60%, 99.8% of it is 238U, which is harmless alpha radiation. 0.002% of it is 234U which is the more harmful beta/gamma radiation. However, you absorb more radiation by standing in the sunlight for 60 seconds. Probably the most significant number is the .2% 235U content, which is also an emitter of the more harmful beta/gamma rays. However, again, the amount of 235U is so miniscule that you absorb more radiation from sunlight each day than you would from exposure to a DU round or affected water supply.