Sipke de Wal wrote:
 Beware !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! 
[snip]
  Stay away from BEO !!!!! 
It *is* incredibly nasty.  Loral used to have a division which made Be
spheres (can you say "neutron reflector"?); they fabed them in the
same equipment used to fab plutonium 'pits' due to the inhalation
hazard.
--
Chris Kennedy
chris(a)mainecoon.com
http://www.mainecoon.com
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