RE: uranium munitions burning in air,and ignited by propellant or explosive N/Cl compounds

[John R Johnson <idias@interchange.ubc.ca>]

James (and other radsafers)



You suggested that I "share your references with the list". I would but I

probably have several hundred and rafsafe rules don't allow attachements.

Below are a few that are of general interest that I have used.



	BRODSKY, A. (1996). "Review of Radiation Risks and Uranium Toxicity with

Application to Decisions Associated with Decommissioning Clean-up Criteria.

RSA Publications.



	HARLEY, N. H., Foulkes, E. C., Hilborne, L. E., Hudson, A. and Anthony, C.

R.  (1999). "A Review of the Scientific Literature as it Pertains to Gulf

War Illness. Volume 7 Depleted Uranium. RAND



	NCRP (1988). National Council on Radiation Protection and Measurements.

Exposure of the Population in the United States and Canada from Natural

Background Radiation, NCRP Report No. 94 (National Council on Radiation

Protection and Measurements, Bethesda, Maryland).



	ICRP (1994b). International Commission on Radiological Protection. Dose

Coefficients for Intakes of Radionuclides by Workers -- Replacement of ICRP

Publication 61. ICRP Publication 68 Annals of the ICRP 24, No. 4 (Pergamon

Press, Elmsford, New York).



John







-----Original Message-----

From: James Salsman [mailto:james@bovik.org]

Sent: December 13, 2004 6:37 PM

To: John R Johnson

Subject: RE: uranium munitions burning in air, and ignited by propellant

or explosive N/Cl compounds





Dear Dr. Johnson:



Thank you for your message:



> I agree... particularly that this site is "an international one

> and sure not intended for sole US-questions"



The questions I asked were in no way, "sole US."  Uranium is not

being burned in the air in the U.S., as far as I know.  One of

my questions concerned the Indian Ocean, which does not border

the U.S.  However, there is no greater risk of mass uranium

contamination anywhere, to my knowledge, than where such weapons

are presently being burned by the U.S. military.



> As to the science of EU/U-Nat/DU risk, there are many references "out

there"

> (NCRP, ICRP, ACRP, etc) that any scientist who is interested can obtain.

If

> anyone needs help finding the appropriate one, send me an "of radsafe"

> e:mail and I will try to give you one that will answer your question(s).



Please share your references with the list.  I am sure everyone

would benefit from their availability in the archives.  If you

are unwilling to do so, please just send me the one that you think

will help me determine the amount of uranyl nitrate produced by

burning uranium in air at STP.



Sincerely,

James Salsman

+1.650.793.0162









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