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Title: | Israeli - foot in mouth disease | |||
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| Name: | Mark Lincoln | | |||
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| City: | Houston | State: | Texas | | |
| ". . . Mualem is simply full of it." - Israeli I concur with your analysis. The `leaks` and `counter leaks` from the IAEA made it clear that the sample was neither reactor fuel (processed natural uranium in the case of a Magnox reactor), or enriched uranium. Which leaves DU as the `uranium` mentioned by the leaker. The leaks also mentioned the presence of other metals in the traces of DU found. That is where life gets interesting. DU always contains small amounts of U-235 and U-234. The ratios of those isotopes can be used to identify the manufacturer of the DU. Some nations seem to have deployed DU munitions which included DU from reprocessed reactor fuel. This material contains trace amounts of U-236 which is not found in nature. The presence and percentage of isotope U-236 can also be used to identify the nation which manufactured the DU. Russia exports DU shells for the T-62 and T-72 tanks operated by Syria. I have not seen evidence such munitions have been sold to Syria. |
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