Depleted uranium in the air during the cleanup operation at Cape Arza | Zendy

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Depleted uranium in the air during the cleanup operation at Cape Arza

Author(s) -

Mirjana Radenković,

Tomislav Andjelić,

Milojko Kovačević,

P. Vukotić

Publication year - 2004

Publication title -

journal of the serbian chemical society

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.227

H-Index - 45

eISSN - 1820-7421

pISSN - 0352-5139

DOI - 10.2298/jsc0412153r

Subject(s) - uranium , environmental science , depleted uranium , air monitoring , human decontamination , contamination , environmental chemistry , air pollution , waste management , environmental engineering , chemistry , engineering , metallurgy , materials science , ecology , organic chemistry , biology

Cape Arza was contaminated with depleted uranium (DU) in the air strikes of NATO aeroplanes on May 30, 1999. The cleanup and decontamination of the site started in 2001. Here the results of air monitoring performed duringthe cleanup operations in Spring 2002. are presented. The collected air samples were analyzed by high-resolution alpha spectrometry. The obtained concentrations of airborne uranium are about ten times higher than the average value usually reported for air. The ratio of the 2 3 4 U/ 2 3 8 U activities indicates the presence of depleted uranium in the air during the cleanup action, due to resuspension and soil disturbance in the contaminated teritory.

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