In rec.crafts.metalworking Martin H. Eastburn wrote:
(snip)
DU isn't zero radiation.

Our troops hunt it down and salvage the gunship targets for used DU. They look
for radiation.

Martin

DU is a very mild alpha emitter. Alpha particles are stopped by a sheet
of paper or your skin.

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Martin Eastburn
@ home at Lion's Lair with our computer lionslair at consolidated dot net
NRA LOH, NRA Life
NRA Second Amendment Task Force Charter Founder