Concerns have been raised about the legality of weapon testing using depleted uranium in southern Scotland.
In 1999, the forces accidentally fired 263 rounds of ammunition tipped with depleted uranium, violating US law.
Agent Orange, depleted uranium, nuclear waste, and the list goes on and on.
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This uses depleted uranium as its power source and is believed to produce less nuclear waste than other designs.
The United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) is calling for an assessment of bombed sites containing weapons with depleted uranium.
Depleted uranium (DU) is used in munitions to make bullets or missiles more dense so they can pierce armour.
The MOX facility will blend surplus weapon-grade plutonium with depleted uranium oxide to make mixed oxide fuel for use in existing nuclear power plants.
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Depleted uranium gives off relatively low levels of radiation, but can be dangerous if ingested, inhaled as dust or if it enters the body through cuts or wounds.
The report concludes there is no clear link between the illness and a veteran's exposure to factors such as depleted uranium or an anthrax vaccine administered at the time.
Depleted uranium like explosives residue is toxic, and its use in the Gulf war has since been linked, by ex-servicemen and others, to increased cancer rates among Iraqis and allied soldiers.
On Tuesday, US Defence Secretary William Cohen reiterated the position of both Washington and London that no link had been proven between depleted uranium and the cases of cancer among former peacekeeping troops.
Munitions containing depleted uranium, a slightly radioactive heavy metal, were dropped by US aircraft during the 78-day air campaign against Yugoslavia in spring 1999, and in Bosnia during 1994 and 1995.
Gail Norris, of Whitefield, Greater Manchester, believes her son Alan Joy's death may have been due to contact with depleted uranium (DU) ammunition during the time he served in the Balkans from 1996.
Scientists who visited 11 out of 112 sites in Kosovo bombed by Nato said on Friday they had found either remnants of depleted uranium or evidence of increased radioactivity around the impact points left by the raids.
He commented that the effects of depleted uranium were a matter of debate among scientists, politicians and campaigners and said the court was not concerned with political or campaigning questions, but with the scientific questions as to Mr David's illness and the effects of depleted uranium.
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They underlined that their intelligence services agreed on how far the Iranians had got with their programme but Mr Netanyahu made it clear his red line was Iran getting enough depleted uranium to be able to build a bomb whereas the president's is Iran actually deciding to build the bomb and getting near to achieving it.
The case for pan-European action against depleted-uranium weapons is less obvious, not least because the evidence that the weapons do cause cancer is disputed.
In the meantime, the United Nations has taken samples from 11 of 112 possible sites in Kosovo where uranium-depleted ammunition hit targets.
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