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Depleted Uranium What is it? Depleted uranium is a toxic heavy metal. It is a by-product of the nuclear fuel and weapons industries. Where does it come from? Naturally occurring uranium is a mixture of two different kinds - uranium 235 and uranium 238. Uranium 235 is by far the most radioactive kind. Unsurprisingly, this is the one that the nuclear fuel and weapons industries try to extract from the naturally occurring metal. When extracted it called "enriched uranium". This is what is used in fuel rods and nuclear weapons. What is left over after the extraction process is called "depleted uranium". It is still a mixture of the two kinds (or isotopes) of uranium, but it is mainly made up uranium 238. Who is using it in weapons? The Americans and British have used vast amounts in both the recent and the last Gulf wars. They also used it in...

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