depleted uranium

British  

noun

1. chem uranium containing a smaller proportion of the isotope uranium–235 than is present in the natural form of uranium; used in anti-tank weapons and other armaments

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Example Sentences

Britain has also sent Ukraine ammunition made with depleted uranium.

From New York Times

Britain says in its guidance that inhaling enough depleted uranium dust to cause injury would be difficult.

From Reuters

The U.N. nuclear watchdog, the International Atomic Energy Agency, says that studies in former Yugoslavia, Kuwait, Iraq and Lebanon "indicated that the existence of depleted uranium residues dispersed in the environment does not pose a radiological hazard to the population of the affected regions".

From Reuters

Britain's Royal Society said in a report in 2002 that the risks to the kidney and other organs from the use of depleted uranium munitions were very low, both for most soldiers in the field and for those living in the conflict area.

From Reuters

But a United Nations Environment Programme report on the impact of depleted uranium on Serbia and Montenegro, in then- Yugoslavia, found "no significant, widespread contamination".

From Reuters