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DU Resources Archive Page
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DU Resources Archive
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Alliant Techsystem's role in illegal uranium weapons trade
11 Apr 2007, Pulse of the Twin Cities - Minneapolis,MN,USA
A spokesperson for Alliant Techsystems [ATK], the U.S.’s biggest [depleted uranium
ammunitions maker, located in Edina] DU producer, has said that DU protesters at its
Minnesota headquarters have no “impact on any decision this company makes.” Yet the
company has removed all mention of DU from its websites. And after critics broadcast
the startling images widely, the company also removed photos of its haphazard cleanup
operations at a contaminated DU production site.
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New Study Challenges IAEA Report on Chernobyl Consequences
11 Apr 2006 - Finds Death Toll Likely to be 30-60,000:
A new study being released today in Kiev, Ukraine directly challenges the findings
of a widely-criticized International Atomic Energy Agency/World Health Organization
report from last September that predicted 4,000 likely cancer deaths as a result of the
1986 Chernobyl nuclear disaster....It is being held to commemorate the 20th
anniversary of the Chernobyl disaster and present arguments as to why the deadly
nuclear option must not be considered as an answer to the world’s current energy
supply problems.
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Costs and Risks of Depleted Uranium from a Proposed Enrichment Facility
Arjun Makhijani and Brice Smith, Science for Democratic Action, June 2005
[view PDF]  A publication of the Institute for Energy and Environmental Research, 750 KB.
Deals with the important issue of the disposal of DU waste at a proposed enrichment plant in N.M.. The Department of Energy has not decided on or completely analyzed a final disposal strategy. The authors discuss this issue including responsible potential disposal strategies and their costs.
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Special Report: How Good is Good Enough?
Chapter 5: The Best Test
December 15, 2004 by Bob Evans, The Daily Press, Hampton Roads, Virginia
One of seven excellent articles on different aspects of the depleted uranium issue.
'The Best Test' deals with the issue of testing for DU exposure. Evans says of this article, "The world's most
accurate test for depleted uranium exposure is now available - but only in Britain and Germany. The Pentagon
says U.S. vets don't need it." The other six articles which are very worthwhile can be accessed from this
website.
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Papers
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Squeezed to Death
December 4, 2005 by John Pilger, sf.indymedia.org
Dr. Al Ali, Iraqi oncologist gives anecdotal evidence of an increase in cancer cases in Basra which he
believes is connected to DU exposure. The article is also about Iraqi children, sanctions and the unbearable
conditions in Iraq.
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Technical Books
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CERRIE Minority Report 2004, UK Department of Health/Department of Environmental (Defra) Committee Examining Radiation Risk from Internal Emitters (CEERIE)
Richard Bramhall, Chris Busby and Paul Dorfman, Aberystwyth: Sosiumi Press.
Available through:
The Administrator, Low Level Radiation Campaign, The Knoll, Montpellier Park. Llandrindod Wells, Powys. LD15LW U.K.
Gives minority view point backed by scientific evidence of the minority members of the Committee Examining Radiation Risk from Internal Emitters (CERRIE) and deals with radiation biology. Also contains English abstracts of scientific articles written in Russian about the effects of the nuclear disaster in Chernobyl in various areas of the former Soviet Union.
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