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The Straight Story

(48,121 posts) Thu Jul 25, 2013, 12:29 PM Jul 2013

(FL) Depleted Uranium Found at Opa-Locka Airport

Depleted uranium was found at Opa-locka Airport at 14201 NW 42nd Avenue, according to Miami-Dade officials.

A HazMat team is on scene to monitor the situation.

Officials said there were no injuries.

http://www.nbcmiami.com/news/Depleted-Uranium-Found-at-Opa-Locka-Airport-216946071.html?_osource=SocialFlowTwt_MIBrand

A little more from twitter:

911 Operator ?@911BUFF 4m

FLORIDA: 55 GALLON DRUM OF DEPLETED URANIUM EXPOSED AT OPA LOCKA AIRPORT. EVACUATIONS ORDERD, HAZMAT ON SCENE.

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(FL) Depleted Uranium Found at Opa-Locka Airport (Original Post) The Straight Story Jul 2013 OP

Of course there were no injuries... SidDithers Jul 2013 #1

Thinking more from exposure, hence hazmat being there (nt) The Straight Story Jul 2013 #3

Depends on whether it's dust or not. Igel Jul 2013 #5

Opa-locka: Strange way to spell "C.I.A." Eleanors38 Jul 2013 #2

Oops. I've been wondering where I left that... jberryhill Jul 2013 #4

Wow. Didn't know that depleted uranium was used to make various parts for things. Igel Jul 2013 #6

SidDithers

(44,228 posts)

1. Of course there were no injuries...

Reply to The Straight Story (Original post)

Thu Jul 25, 2013, 12:32 PM

Jul 2013

unless someone dropped it on their foot, or broke a tooth trying to take a bite.

Sid

The Straight Story

(48,121 posts)

3. Thinking more from exposure, hence hazmat being there (nt)

Reply to SidDithers (Reply #1)

Thu Jul 25, 2013, 12:34 PM

Jul 2013

Igel

(35,320 posts)

5. Depends on whether it's dust or not.

Reply to The Straight Story (Reply #3)

Thu Jul 25, 2013, 01:55 PM

Jul 2013

Probably just the word "uranium" is enough to trigger hazmat.

If somebody empties a drawer at a local school and finds a mercury thermometer, still in its case and intact, they call hazmat.

Eleanors38

(18,318 posts)

2. Opa-locka: Strange way to spell "C.I.A."

Reply to The Straight Story (Original post)

Thu Jul 25, 2013, 12:34 PM

Jul 2013

jberryhill

(62,444 posts)

4. Oops. I've been wondering where I left that...

Reply to The Straight Story (Original post)

Thu Jul 25, 2013, 12:39 PM

Jul 2013

Igel

(35,320 posts)

6. Wow. Didn't know that depleted uranium was used to make various parts for things.

Reply to The Straight Story (Original post)

Thu Jul 25, 2013, 02:01 PM

Jul 2013

Commercial: Calorimeters/Detectors, Radiation Shielding, Counterweights, Flywheels, and Sinker Bars
Military: Kinetic Energy Penetrators, Shape Charge Liners and Explosively Formed Penetrator Lenses, Armor
Scientific/Analytical: Electron microscopy, sodium determinations

http://www.2spi.com/catalog/chem/depleted-uranium-products.html

My favorite is "radiation shielding." Gotta remember that one for the next "DU is soooo radioactive" thread.

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