اليورانيوم المنضب : خواصه، إستخداماته، آثاره الصحية.
Other Title(s)
The depleted uranium : its properties, usages, and health effects
Translators
Origional Text Language
English
Source
Issue
Vol. 22, Issue 1 (31 Mar. 2010), pp.25-37, 13 p.
Publisher
Publication Date
2010-03-31
Country of Publication
Tunisia
No. of Pages
13
Main Subjects
Earth Sciences, Water and Environment
Chemistry
Topics
Abstract EN
Depleted uranium (DU), a waste product of uranium enrichment, has several civilian and military applications.
It was used as armor-piercing ammunition in international military conflicts and was claimed to contribute to health problems, known as the Gulf War Syndrome.
This led to renewed efforts to assess the environmental consequences and health impact of DU use.
The radiological and chemical properties of DU can be compared to those of natural uranium, which is ubiquitously present in soil at a typical concentration of 3 mg/kg.
Natural uranium has the same chemotoxicity, but its radiotoxicity is 60% higher.
Due to low specific radioactivity and the dominance of alpha radiation no acute risk is attributed to external exposure to DU.
The major risk is DU dust, generated when DU ammunition hits hard targets.
After deposition on the ground, resuspension takes place, if the DU containing particle size sufficiently small.
However, transfer to drinking water or locally produced food has little potential to lead to significant exposure to DU.
Since poor solubility of uranium compounds and lack of information on speciation precludes the use of radioecological models for exposure assessment, biomonitoring has to be used for assessing exposed persons.
With the exception of crews of military vehicles having been hit by DU penetrators, no body burdens above the range of values for natural uranium have been found.
Therefore, observable health effects are not expected and residual cancer risk estimates have to be based on theoretical considerations.
They appear to be very minor for all post-conflict situations, i.e.
a fraction of those expected from natural radiation.
American Psychological Association (APA)
2010. اليورانيوم المنضب : خواصه، إستخداماته، آثاره الصحية.. الذرة و التنمية،مج. 22، ع. 1، ص ص. 25-37.
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Modern Language Association (MLA)
اليورانيوم المنضب : خواصه، إستخداماته، آثاره الصحية.. الذرة و التنمية مج. 22، ع. 1 (آذار 2010)، ص ص. 25-37.
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American Medical Association (AMA)
اليورانيوم المنضب : خواصه، إستخداماته، آثاره الصحية.. الذرة و التنمية. 2010. مج. 22، ع. 1، ص ص. 25-37.
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Data Type
Journal Articles
Language
Arabic
Notes
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Record ID
BIM-104120