Christemo said:
tankgunner92 said:
Harkonnen, from the anime hellsing
a redicilously long 30mm cannon firing depleted uranium shells, wielded by the series female sidekick.
(i whould have posted a picture but i did not want to wade through pictures of cosplayers, motivator and nude pictures of the character, i consider myself too san for that)
oh that one! i havent read more than 2 books in series (they are pretty expensive here in denmark), but i remember that beast.
and i mean WTF? depleted freakin uranium? wouldn´t she get hit by radiation just by putting new shells into that thing.
What do you think the "depleted" part of depleted uranium means? THE RADIATION HAS BEEN DEPLETED!!! DU is barely more radioactive than granite. It is considered no more dangerous than lead. Thousands of people have been living with fragments of depleted uranium INSIDE their body for almost 2 decades from the first Gulf War... in this population there is no greater rate of cancers or any DU related deaths.
People just see the word "Uranium" and think "Duuur, Uranium is for nukes, nukes exploshun make radiation... therefore all uranium of any type is supar deadly radioactive"
You know what is actually use for radiation shielding? Blocks OF Depleted Uranium!!
Uranium naturally exists in the environment, you can dig the ore out of the ground it is as common as tin! Depleted uranium is LESS radioactive than that.