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Memorandum on Depleted Uranium Penetrating Weapons under International Law (1999)
| Author | Brice W.Friedman |
| Date | May 1999 |
| Classification | 6.05.1.50/01 (DEPLETED URANIUM - (INTER)NATIONAL LAW) |
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From the publication:
INTRODUCTION AND BACKGROUND Uranium-238 is a naturally occurring isotope with radioactive properties. It is extracted from the earth and, through an enrichment process, the more fissionable uranium-235 is extracted from the U-238, making it more suitable for atomic energy facilities and nuclear weapons. This procedure leaves behind a by-product of U-238 called "depleted uranium" that is about 43% less radioactive as naturally occurring U-238 (1), with a halflife of about four and a half billion years (2)
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