A review of the environmental corrosion, fate and bioavailability of munitions grade depleted uranium

作者：Handley Sidhu Stephanie^*; Keith Roach Miranda J; Lloyd Jonathan R; Vaughan David J

来源：Science of the Total Environment, 2010, 408(23): 5690-5700.

DOI：10.1016/j.scitotenv.2010.08.028

• Depleted uranium
• Review
• Corrosion
• Bioavailability
• Munitions
• Environment

Depleted uranium (DU) is a by-product of nuclear fuel enrichment and is used in antitank penetrators due to its high density, self-sharpening, and pyrophoric properties Military activities have left a legacy of DU waste in terrestrial and marine environments, and there have been only limited attempts to clean up affected environments Ten year's ago. very little information was available on the dispersion of DU as penetrators hit their targets or the fate of DU penetrators left behind in environmental systems However, the marked increase in research since then has improved our knowledge of the environmental impact of firing DU and the factors that control the corrosion of DU and its subsequent migration through the environment In this paper, the literature is reviewed and consol

• 出版日期2010-11-1