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Title: Capstone Depleted Uranium Aerosols: Generation and Characterization

Abstract

In a study designed to provide an improved scientific basis for assessing possible health effects from inhaling depleted uranium (DU) aerosols, a series of DU penetrators was fired at an Abrams tank and a Bradley fighting vehicle. A robust sampling system was designed to collect aerosols in this difficult environment and continuously monitor the sampler flow rates. Aerosols collected were analyzed for uranium concentration and particle size distribution as a function of time. They were also analyzed for uranium oxide phases, particle morphology, and dissolution in vitro. The resulting data provide input useful in human health risk assessments.

Authors:
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Publication Date:
Research Org.:
Pacific Northwest National Lab. (PNNL), Richland, WA (United States)
Sponsoring Org.:
USDOE
OSTI Identifier:
947511
Report Number(s):
PNNL-14168
400403209; TRN: US0901551
DOE Contract Number:  
AC05-76RL01830
Resource Type:
Technical Report
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
11 NUCLEAR FUEL CYCLE AND FUEL MATERIALS; AEROSOLS; DEPLETED URANIUM; DISSOLUTION; DISTRIBUTION; FLOW RATE; IN VITRO; MONITORS; MORPHOLOGY; PARTICLE SIZE; PENETRATORS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SAMPLERS; SAMPLING; TANKS; URANIUM; URANIUM OXIDES; depleted uranium; depleted uranium aerosols; depleted uranium oxides; in vitro solubility

Citation Formats

Parkhurst, MaryAnn, Szrom, Fran, Guilmette, Ray, Holmes, Tom, Cheng, Yung-Sung, Kenoyer, Judson L, Collins, John W, Sanderson, T Ellory, Fliszar, Richard W, Gold, Kenneth, Beckman, John C, and Long, Julie. Capstone Depleted Uranium Aerosols: Generation and Characterization. United States: N. p., 2004. Web. doi:10.2172/947511.
Parkhurst, MaryAnn, Szrom, Fran, Guilmette, Ray, Holmes, Tom, Cheng, Yung-Sung, Kenoyer, Judson L, Collins, John W, Sanderson, T Ellory, Fliszar, Richard W, Gold, Kenneth, Beckman, John C, & Long, Julie. Capstone Depleted Uranium Aerosols: Generation and Characterization. United States. https://doi.org/10.2172/947511
Parkhurst, MaryAnn, Szrom, Fran, Guilmette, Ray, Holmes, Tom, Cheng, Yung-Sung, Kenoyer, Judson L, Collins, John W, Sanderson, T Ellory, Fliszar, Richard W, Gold, Kenneth, Beckman, John C, and Long, Julie. 2004. "Capstone Depleted Uranium Aerosols: Generation and Characterization". United States. https://doi.org/10.2172/947511. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/947511.
@article{osti_947511,
title = {Capstone Depleted Uranium Aerosols: Generation and Characterization},
author = {Parkhurst, MaryAnn and Szrom, Fran and Guilmette, Ray and Holmes, Tom and Cheng, Yung-Sung and Kenoyer, Judson L and Collins, John W and Sanderson, T Ellory and Fliszar, Richard W and Gold, Kenneth and Beckman, John C and Long, Julie},
abstractNote = {In a study designed to provide an improved scientific basis for assessing possible health effects from inhaling depleted uranium (DU) aerosols, a series of DU penetrators was fired at an Abrams tank and a Bradley fighting vehicle. A robust sampling system was designed to collect aerosols in this difficult environment and continuously monitor the sampler flow rates. Aerosols collected were analyzed for uranium concentration and particle size distribution as a function of time. They were also analyzed for uranium oxide phases, particle morphology, and dissolution in vitro. The resulting data provide input useful in human health risk assessments.},
doi = {10.2172/947511},
url = {https://www.osti.gov/biblio/947511}, journal = {},
number = ,
volume = ,
place = {United States},
year = {Tue Oct 19 00:00:00 EDT 2004},
month = {Tue Oct 19 00:00:00 EDT 2004}
}