Hiroshima and Nagasaki: The Long Term Health Effects (2012)

Re:Hiroshima and Nagasaki: The Long Term Health Effects (2012) by godelski on Monday March 05, 2018 @11:47AM (#16522303)

The post might be a little hyperbolic (I'm not the poster), but uranium oxide is fairly dangerous. Though you won't get radiation poisoning from it, it is extremely dense and the dust is very dangerous. It is toxic for inhalation and ingestion, like all heavy metals.

Here's the SDS sheet [1] on it that goes into more detail.

[1] https://science.energy.gov/~/media/nbl/pdf/price-lists/SDS/S...

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Re:Hiroshima and Nagasaki: The Long Term Health Effects (2012) by mikeash on Monday March 05, 2018 @12:53PM (#16522864)

Seems like a lot hyperbolic to me. I know which one I’d rather be a mile away from when it’s used, or have contaminating the landscape afterwards.

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Re:Hiroshima and Nagasaki: The Long Term Health Effects (2012) by godelski on Monday March 05, 2018 @01:26PM (#16523112)

I definitely wouldn't call it worse than nuclear, because you're right. I'd rather be near depleted uranium than a nuclear blast, especially with current nuclear weapons. And not to mention the side effects of nuclear attacks.

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