Depleted uranium in the air during the cleanup operations at Cape Arza
Abstract
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 during the 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 U-234/U-238 activities indicates the presence of depleted uranium in the air during the cleanup action, due to resuspension and soil disturbance in the contaminated teritory.
Keywords:
air / depleted uranium / alpha-spectrometrySource:
Journal of the Serbian Chemical Society, 2004, 69, 12, 1153-1155
DOI: 10.2298/JSC0412153R
ISSN: 0352-5139
WoS: 000226998500015
Scopus: 2-s2.0-31544435798
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VinčaTY - JOUR AU - Radenković, Mirjana AU - Andjelic, T AU - Kovačević, Milojko AU - Vukotic, P PY - 2004 UR - https://vinar.vin.bg.ac.rs/handle/123456789/2859 AB - 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 during the 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 U-234/U-238 activities indicates the presence of depleted uranium in the air during the cleanup action, due to resuspension and soil disturbance in the contaminated teritory. T2 - Journal of the Serbian Chemical Society T1 - Depleted uranium in the air during the cleanup operations at Cape Arza VL - 69 IS - 12 SP - 1153 EP - 1155 DO - 10.2298/JSC0412153R ER -
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Radenković, M., Andjelic, T., Kovačević, M.,& Vukotic, P.. (2004). Depleted uranium in the air during the cleanup operations at Cape Arza. in Journal of the Serbian Chemical Society, 69(12), 1153-1155. https://doi.org/10.2298/JSC0412153R
Radenković M, Andjelic T, Kovačević M, Vukotic P. Depleted uranium in the air during the cleanup operations at Cape Arza. in Journal of the Serbian Chemical Society. 2004;69(12):1153-1155. doi:10.2298/JSC0412153R .
Radenković, Mirjana, Andjelic, T, Kovačević, Milojko, Vukotic, P, "Depleted uranium in the air during the cleanup operations at Cape Arza" in Journal of the Serbian Chemical Society, 69, no. 12 (2004):1153-1155, https://doi.org/10.2298/JSC0412153R . .