Open AccessDetection of the ultimate content of uranium of depleted ammunition in different materials
Author(s) -
Safija Islamović,
Renato Selimovic
Publication year - 2008
Publication title -
hemijska industrija
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.147
H-Index - 19
eISSN - 2217-7426
pISSN - 0367-598X
DOI - 10.2298/hemind0805293i
Subject(s) - ammunition , uranium , depleted uranium , natural uranium , environmental science , enriched uranium , detector , radiochemistry , nuclear engineering , chemistry , materials science , physics , metallurgy , engineering , optics
The goal of this work was to determine the ultimate detectable content of uranium arising from depleted uranium ammunition in different natural materials, namely, soil, gravel, wood by γ-spectrometry. The United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) report has confirmed following findings: (a) it is not possible to detect uranium-containing ammunition by any available instrument in the soil deeper than 40 cm; (b) the scintillation detector MC PHAR, due to its high sensitivity (above 80 keV), is considered to be the ideal detector for low energy γ-irradiation, which is characteristic for depleted uranium