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Depleted Uranium used in Aircraft construction

Was watching a program on the dismantling of a 747 and they mentioned that the wings had a certain amount of Depleted Uranium used in the construction on the spars ( I think ). To what extent and what benefits does this metal have over normal aviation grade Aluminium?

Sorry if this is the wrong forum, but it seemed a relevant technical problem of some sorts.
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