▲ 234 ▼ Ukraine finds uranium in six more Russian drones. Their radiation readings ran up to 80 times background (euromaidanpress.com) submitted 1 month ago by supersquirrel@sopuli.xyz to c/globalnews@lemmy.zip 42 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] Anivia@feddit.org 6 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 child) Enriched uranium is expensive. Uranium ore isn't Edit: They did not use uranium ore permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Skua@kbin.earth 18 points 1 month ago (2 children) This is depleted uranium, not uranium ore. It's actual refined uranium, but not the right sort of uranium for use in fission reactions like nuclear power plants or bombs permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] Anivia@feddit.org 4 points 1 month ago* Alright, I stand corrected. I admittedly did not read the article before commenting, so I did not know they used depleted uranium. Although my point about uranium ore being cheap is still technically correct 🤓 permalink fedilink source parent [–] SaveTheTuaHawk@lemmy.ca 1 point 1 month ago But it is radioactive. But given the mess around Chernobyl, drop in a bucket. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Skua@kbin.earth 18 points 1 month ago (2 children) This is depleted uranium, not uranium ore. It's actual refined uranium, but not the right sort of uranium for use in fission reactions like nuclear power plants or bombs permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] Anivia@feddit.org 4 points 1 month ago* Alright, I stand corrected. I admittedly did not read the article before commenting, so I did not know they used depleted uranium. Although my point about uranium ore being cheap is still technically correct 🤓 permalink fedilink source parent [–] SaveTheTuaHawk@lemmy.ca 1 point 1 month ago But it is radioactive. But given the mess around Chernobyl, drop in a bucket. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Anivia@feddit.org 4 points 1 month ago* Alright, I stand corrected. I admittedly did not read the article before commenting, so I did not know they used depleted uranium. Although my point about uranium ore being cheap is still technically correct 🤓 permalink fedilink source parent
[–] SaveTheTuaHawk@lemmy.ca 1 point 1 month ago But it is radioactive. But given the mess around Chernobyl, drop in a bucket. permalink fedilink source parent