how much depleted uranium can the US drop in the Australian outback before the Howard government says enough?
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Oh, enough to kill all the Abo's.
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Well... Let's see...\n\nWe know nothing is there, and we brought back 842 pounds of Moon rocks. Ain't that enough?\n\nBesides, why should we do it, if no other country is doing it?
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Are you trying to tie in depleted uranium?
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I wouldn't believe everything you read on wiki, especially things dealing with controversial topics like nuclear energy or stem cells.\n\nNow to answer your question, I suppose that depleted uranium could be used as a reflector in a bomb, but its effects will be marginal at best, lead probabally would be a better pick. Also if Uranium was a better reflector, you would be better off using natural Uranium than depleted Uranium. Its relativity easy to get both natural Uranium and lead so worrying about depleted Uranium rounds is kind of silly.
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There will be a couple of iffy moments, but us Aussies should get over the line pretty comfortably. We need to shut down Peiterson and Flintoff early on.\nGO THE AUSSIES!!!
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taking plutonium away from the rest of the world
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Alberta\nwhere we are expected to have no say in the government but the east wants all of our money (even though we already give more than our fair share)
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nil\nJapan Or Australia
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Sorry no>>>Australia or Japan
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The use of depleted uranium is NOT the use of "low yield nuclear weapons!"  This comparison is simply invalid.\nDepleted uranium is used as is it is extremely dense, simple physics explains the use of a heavy item causes more damage than a light item as a projectile.\nNuclear weapons take advantage of the instability of certain isotopes and their ability to release great amounts of energy.\nNo valid comparison between the methods of use!
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All you have to do is look the US to see where  Australia will be in 10 to 15 yrs . Stick to your guns girl . No body can raise your kids like you .
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James's answer about the amounts you would need to inhale/absorb are correct, but I would disagree with his "rare" statement.  A lot of depleted Uranium is used by the military in armour piercing rounds as it is about 10 to 100 times denser than lead.\n\nUnfortunately its use is hazardous and exposes the operators and the target to highly absorbable vapourised and finely powdered depleted Uranium.  This has been linked with Gulf war syndrome in our troops from both Gulf wars where a lot of armour piercing  ammuntion was fired.  The effects on the target are unknown, and we should be watching for signs of radiation sickness in the Iraqi population and rise in birth defects etc as this toxic material builds up in the population.
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When it runs out of nuclear fuel.
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they may, but it would only be a small fraction of what the USA, the country opposing it, has. They are using the uranium to help there lives, electricity is so important to everyone, we take it for granted.
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Hopefully, Iran.  Someone needs to stop them before they initiate a nuclear holocaust.
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Around 20 to 30 pounds, based upon my understanding of declassified nuclear weapons design.\n\nLet's use an implosion design, not a gun design, as implosion is smaller.\n\nSo, use about a pound or two of uranium, about 10 pounds of high explosive, about 10 pounds of shielding & guts, and there you are!\n\nA suitcase nuke (yield of about 50kt) would fit into a small suitcase. It has been documented that the Soviets kept one in their embassy in DC for detonitation in case of a nuclear WWIII.
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The experts at NRDC estimate between 30-35 (2002 est.) with enough weapons-grade plutonium for 50-90 more nuclear weapons. \nThe website Armgeddon Online claims they have 70.