Re: DU Chip Fire

["Tony Harrison" <laharris@smtpgate.dphe.state.co.us>]

If you can find it, one good reference is "Recommended Plutonium Release

Fractions from Postulated Fires, Final Report to EG&G Rocky Flats Inc.";

V. Kogan & P.M. Schumacher, Battelle, 1993.  As the title implies, it's

mostly about plutonium, but reviews some uranium data as well.



One of the references in back of the above report is "Oxidation of

Depleted Uranium Penetrators and Aerosol Dispersal at High

Temperatures"; J.C. Elder & M.C. Tinkle, LA-8610-MS. Los Alamos National

Laboratory, 1980.

Maybe someone from LANL can help track that one down.



Tony Harrison

Colorado Dept. of Public Health & Environment

Laboratory and Radiation Services Division

(303)692-3046

tony.harrison@state.co.us 





>>> mborisky@arl.army.mil 03/01/01 01:26PM >>>

Dear Radsafers,



Can any of you point me to a quantitative study that characterized any

aerosolization and dispersion of DU involved in a DU chips or DU fines

fire?



Thanks



Michael Borisky

Health Physicist

ARMY Research Lab

mborisky@arl.army.mil 

301-394-6310



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