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Depleted uranium (DU; also referred to in the past as Q-metal, depletalloy or D-38) is uranium with a lower content of the fissile isotope 235 U than natural uranium. [2] The less radioactive and non-fissile 238 U is the main component of depleted uranium.
The price of uranium has risen since 2001, so enrichment tailings containing more than 0.35% uranium-235 are being considered for re-enrichment, driving the price of depleted uranium hexafluoride above $130 per kilogram in July 2007 from $5 in 2001.
The International Coalition to Ban Uranium Weapons (ICBUW) is a global coalition of 160 groups in 33 countries. It was formed in 2003 in Berlaar, Belgium [1] to promote a campaign based on reliable information on depleted uranium (DU) weapons.
When fired, depleted uranium becomes ‘essentially an exotic metal dart fired at extraordinarily high speed’
According to Michigan State University, the use of uranium was deregulated in 1958, and production of uranium glass picked up again—except this time, only depleted uranium was used.
Depleted uranium munitions, as well as depleted uranium-enhanced armor, were used by U.S. tanks in the 1991 Gulf War against Iraq’s T-72 tanks and again in the invasion of Iraq in 2003, as well ...
96% of the mass is the remaining uranium: most of the original 238 U and a little 235 U. Usually 235 U would be less than 0.8% of the mass along with 0.4% 236 U. Reprocessed uranium will contain 236 U , which is not found in nature; this is one isotope that can be used as a fingerprint for spent reactor fuel.
Mixed oxide, or MOX fuel, is a blend of plutonium and natural or depleted uranium which behaves similarly (though not identically) to the enriched uranium feed for which most nuclear reactors were designed. MOX fuel is an alternative to low enriched uranium (LEU) fuel used in the light water reactors which predominate nuclear power generation.