Depleted Uranium
Background radiation measurements in the contaminated area with depleted uranium at Al-Nasiriyah station of electricity distribution
... During the period of the Gulf War and the occupation of Iraq war, the depleted uranium (DU) was used in the war. The total number of rounds expended in the Gulf War are estimated to be about 860600 shot for ...
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Teratogenicity of depleted uranium aerosols: A review from an epidemiological perspective
... tional Depleted Uranium Study Team) which Rita Hindin attended and that eventually led to the writing of this ...the Uranium Weapons Study Team (of Traprock Peace Center) for thoughtful conversations ...
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Galvanic Corrosion Between Depleted Uranium and 40Cr Steel
... Depleted uranium(DU) has many commercial applications in recent years, such as shielding for radioactive waste, ballast for ship, counterweights for aircraft, due to its high density, hardness, self- ...
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Depleted Uranium Violates Human Right in the Environment
... of depleted uranium against the human right in the ...of depleted uranium violates human right in the environment due to its dangerous impacts on the human and ...
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The health effects of depleted uranium munitions: a summary
... of depleted uranium (DU) ...of uranium, non-malignant radiation effects from DU intakes, the long-term environmental consequences of the deployment of DU munitions and responses to part I including ...
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Remediation of soils contaminated with particulate depleted uranium by multi stage chemical extraction
... with depleted uranium (DU) from munitions firing occurs in conflict zones and at test firing ...DU. Uranium phases in soils from two sites at a UK firing range, MOD Eskmeals, were characterised by ...
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Assessment of Potential Risk due to Accidental Melting of Scrap Metal Containing Depleted Uranium Using a Computational Method
... of uranium into the body thus results in a combined chemical/radiation ...of uranium compounds is the limiting hazard under almost all circumstances ...Potentially depleted uranium has both ...
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Passive, non intrusive assay of depleted uranium
... of depleted uranium is stockpiled throughout the world as a result of enrichment associated with the use of uranium in power production and nuclear ...of depleted uranium has been used ...
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Exposure to depleted uranium does not alter the co expression of HER 2/neu and p53 in breast cancer patients
... to depleted ura- nium is a risk, the incidence of co-expression of both p53 and HER-2/neu markers does not differ from simi- lar cancer samples in areas that have not been exposed to depleted ...
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ASSESSMENT OF DEPLETED URANIUM IN SOIL: A CONTRIBUTION TO METHODOLOGY
... of depleted uranium was introduced into the environment of Bosnia and Herzegovina during NATO strikes in ...to uranium/radium disequilibrium at stricken points, the research of the natural ...
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Increased PTEN gene expression in patients with endometrial carcinoma from areas of high risk depleted uranium exposure
... Tumour stage and grading in relation to gene expression A total of 8 patients potentially exposed to depleted ura- nium were diagnosed with a well differentiated grade, 10 moderately differentiated and 3 with ...
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The toxicological mechanisms and detoxification of depleted uranium exposure
... that uranium does not damage the blood-brain barrier in ...that uranium could be transported directly from the nasal cavity to the olfactory bulb in rats after inhalation or ...instillation. Uranium ...
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The Case for Uranium Mining in Greenland
... the uranium mine may be overcome with the appropriate engineering and monitoring ...Lake uranium mine developed a suitable solution to the high levels of arse- nic and other chemicals in its ore, and the ...
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Multi-scale investigation of uranium attenuation by arsenic at an abandoned uranium mine, South Terras
... to uranium speciation in soils, 28,29 was used. The distribution of uranium was de fi ned in fi ve phases: exchangeable, reducible, oxidisible and recalcitrant and ...
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Self Diffusion of Uranium in Uranium Monocarbide Evaluation of Curved Arrhenius Diagrams EUR 5078
... 5*3* Possible Divacancy Contribution to Uranium Self-Diffusion in UC It is tempting to attribute the curvature in the Arrheniusplot to a predominant single vacancy mechanism at low tem [r] ...
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ELECTROCHEMICAL REDUCTION OF AQUEOUS URANIUM
... reprocessed uranium are separated from the reactor-grade plutonium, which can then be fabricated into MOX ...than uranium and plutonium, such as the minor actinides, are used in critical power production in ...
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REVISITING URANIUM RESOURCES IN MALAYSIA
... for uranium mineralisation are annomalies within the Bukit Tinggi ...pluton. Uranium spectrometric rock values range from 6 ppm to 84 ppm and the U/Th ratios commonly exceed 1, the highest being ...for ...
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Alloys of aluminum, thorium, and uranium
... The aluminum-rich corner of the ternary alloy system aluminum-thorium-uranium has been investigated by thermal and microscopic analyses to determine an area of low-melting alloys that could be used as a liquid ...
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Recovery of uranium from superphosphate
... a uranium content ranging from ...low-grade uranium sources to be of great potential ...recovering uranium during the production of superphosphate without destroying the plant nutrient value of tho ...
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The carbon reduction of uranium oxide
... The preparation of uranium metal directly from its oxides has been studied by a number of investigators. Various approaches have been pursued in these studies. Some attempts to produce the metal by electrolysis of ...
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