Long‐term behavior of depleted uranium in the environment
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Stojanović, MirjanaMihajlović, Marija

Lačnjevac, Časlav

Lopičić, Zorica

Petrović, Jelena

Dondur, Vera

Jović, Aleksandra
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Korać, MarijaConference object (Published version)

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The widespread use of depleted uranium (DU) munitions in past wars has
generated a great deal and fear of concern of potential impact on the environment
and human health. During the NATO operations in the former Yugoslavia in
1999.y, Kosovo and Metohia and southern Serbia, were bombed with around 10
tons of DU munitions. Sixteen years ago there was very little available information
about the behavior of ecological systems damaged by DU ammunition fired and
the factors that control the corrosion of DU and its subsequent migration through
the environment. Today we are faced with the “invisible threat” of DU, which has a
strong radioactive and hemotoxic impact on human health. This paper provides a
latest finding of corrosion and corrosion behavior of DU and environmental factors
that control corrosion, together with indicators of environmental impact in order to
highlight areas that need further attention in developing remediation programs.
Keywords:
depleted uranium / corrosion / behavior / environmentSource:
Metallurgical & Materials Engineering Congress of South‐East Europe-MEE SEE 2015, 2015, 247-253Publisher:
- Belgrade : Association of Metallurgical Engineers of Serbia
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Institut za tehnologiju nuklearnih i drugih mineralnih sirovinaTY - CONF AU - Stojanović, Mirjana AU - Mihajlović, Marija AU - Lačnjevac, Časlav AU - Lopičić, Zorica AU - Petrović, Jelena AU - Dondur, Vera AU - Jović, Aleksandra PY - 2015 UR - https://ritnms.itnms.ac.rs/handle/123456789/918 AB - The widespread use of depleted uranium (DU) munitions in past wars has generated a great deal and fear of concern of potential impact on the environment and human health. During the NATO operations in the former Yugoslavia in 1999.y, Kosovo and Metohia and southern Serbia, were bombed with around 10 tons of DU munitions. Sixteen years ago there was very little available information about the behavior of ecological systems damaged by DU ammunition fired and the factors that control the corrosion of DU and its subsequent migration through the environment. Today we are faced with the “invisible threat” of DU, which has a strong radioactive and hemotoxic impact on human health. This paper provides a latest finding of corrosion and corrosion behavior of DU and environmental factors that control corrosion, together with indicators of environmental impact in order to highlight areas that need further attention in developing remediation programs. PB - Belgrade : Association of Metallurgical Engineers of Serbia C3 - Metallurgical & Materials Engineering Congress of South‐East Europe-MEE SEE 2015 T1 - Long‐term behavior of depleted uranium in the environment EP - 253 SP - 247 ER -
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Stojanović, M., Mihajlović, M., Lačnjevac, Č., Lopičić, Z., Petrović, J., Dondur, V.,& Jović, A.. (2015). Long‐term behavior of depleted uranium in the environment. in Metallurgical & Materials Engineering Congress of South‐East Europe-MEE SEE 2015 Belgrade : Association of Metallurgical Engineers of Serbia., 247-253.
Stojanović M, Mihajlović M, Lačnjevac Č, Lopičić Z, Petrović J, Dondur V, Jović A. Long‐term behavior of depleted uranium in the environment. in Metallurgical & Materials Engineering Congress of South‐East Europe-MEE SEE 2015. 2015;:247-253..
Stojanović, Mirjana, Mihajlović, Marija, Lačnjevac, Časlav, Lopičić, Zorica, Petrović, Jelena, Dondur, Vera, Jović, Aleksandra, "Long‐term behavior of depleted uranium in the environment" in Metallurgical & Materials Engineering Congress of South‐East Europe-MEE SEE 2015 (2015):247-253.