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Massive amounts of depleted uranium created by uranium enrichment

uranium-enrichmentdepleted-uraniumUranium Enrichment Creates Massive Amounts Of Depleted Uranium (DU) – Used In Weapons Of Mass Destruction

How and where is depleted uranium manufactured? Most of the byproducts (garbage) “from uranium enrichment (96%) is depleted uranium (DU)… There are vast quantities of depleted uranium in storage. The United States Department of Energy alone has 470,000 tons.[1] About 95% of depleted uranium is stored as uranium hexafluoride (UF6).”

August 30, 2013 - Posted by | depleted uranium, Reference, Uranium

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