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Depleted Uranium: Lessons in ‘Humanitarian’ and Other Warfare

Depleted Uranium: Lessons in ‘Humanitarian’ and Other Warfare

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Depleted uranium, or DU, is produced through the process of enrichment, in which the concentration of the U235 isotope of uranium is increased. For every 1 ton of enriched uranium resulting from the process, another 7 tons of “depleted” uranium are produced as a byproduct. Several hundreds of thousands of…