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  2. Depleted uranium - Wikipedia

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    Natural uranium contains about 0.72% 235 U. Depleted uranium has lower mass fractions—up to three times less—of 235 U and 234 U than natural uranium. Since 238 U has a much longer half-life than the lighter isotopes, DU is about 40% less radioactive than natural uranium.

  3. Prices of chemical elements - Wikipedia

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    EIA Uranium Marketing [65] Mainly as triuranium octoxide, price per uranium contained. 93: Np: Neptunium: 20.45: ≤ 3×10 −12 [i] (8.31 × 10 4 kg) 660 000: 13 500 000: 2003 [j] Pomona [66] Periodic Table published by Pomona College Chemistry Department lists neptunium-237 as available from Oak Ridge National Laboratory at 660 USD/g plus ...

  4. Nuclear decommissioning - Wikipedia

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    The decommissioning of only the three uranium enrichment facilities would have an estimated cost (2004) of US$18.7 to 62 billion, with an additional US$2 to 6 billion for the dismantling of a large inventory of depleted uranium hexafluoride. A 2004 GAO report indicated the "costs will have exceeded revenues by $3.5 billion to $5.7 billion (in ...

  5. Ukraine Russia news – live: US to send depleted uranium ...

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    Depleted uranium is a byproduct of the uranium enrichment process needed to create nuclear weapons. ... But it has come at the cost of crushing loss: Dodging Russian missiles, the war weary keep ...

  6. When fired, depleted uranium becomes ‘essentially an exotic metal dart fired at extraordinarily high speed’

  7. What are depleted Uranium munitions? - AOL

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    As a part of a $1 billion aid package, the United States announced this week that it is sending depleted anti-tank munitions to Ukraine to help Zelensky’s troops fend off Russian tanks. The ...

  8. List of countries by uranium reserves - Wikipedia

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    World uranium reserves in 2010. Uranium reserves are reserves of recoverable uranium, regardless of isotope, based on a set market price. The list given here is based on Uranium 2020: Resources, Production and Demand, a joint report by the OECD Nuclear Energy Agency and the International Atomic Energy Agency. [1] Figures are given in metric ...

  9. M829 - Wikipedia

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    The M829A4 is a fifth-generation APFSDS-T cartridge using a depleted-uranium penetrator with a three-petal composite sabot; the penetrator includes a low-drag fin with a tracer and a windshield and tip assembly. [11] Its propellant maintains consistent muzzle velocities across operational temperatures from −25 to 145 °F (−32 to 63 °C).