Contamination of the Šar Mountains Aquatorium – Kosovo with Depleted Uranium

• Autorzy: Stanojević Nenad Z. , Đokić Jelena V. , Lazarević Đorđe R. , Nikezić Dušan P. , Osmokrović Predrag V.

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DOI

10.54740/ros.2023.001

• Języki publikacji: EN

Abstrakty

EN

The main objective of this study was to estimate the environmental and health risk of the Šar Mountains (Kosovo) for depleted uranium contamination. The risk assessment of the contamination is needed since, in the spring of 1999, conflict with bombarding took place in the territory of the Western Balkans, during which depleted uranium ammunition was used. In Serbia and Montenegro, such tests were performed; based on them, some territories were decontaminated. Šar Mountains is particularly important as it is one of the few water-rich areas in Kosovo. Therefore, soil and water samples were taken from characteristic places in the Šar Mountains aquatorium. Tests of the samples were performed under well-controlled conditions. The measurement uncertainty was less than 5%. Based on the obtained results, it was concluded that there was no contamination of the Šar Mountains with depleted uranium. This conclusion can be extended to the broader area around the Šar Mountains, as it is a safe area surrounded by high mountains

Słowa kluczowe

EN

environmental risk; health risk assessment; soil contamination; water contamination; depleted uranium; radiation survey; Kosovo

• Wydawca: Politechnika Koszalińska
• Czasopismo: Rocznik Ochrona Środowiska
• Rocznik: 2023
• Tom: Tom 25
• Strony: 1--8
• Opis fizyczny: Bibliogr. 11 poz., rys., tab.

Twórcy

autor

Stanojević Nenad Z.

• Faculty of Technical Sciences, University of Priština in Kosovska Mitrovica, Serbia

autor

Đokić Jelena V.

• Faculty of Technical Sciences, University of Priština in Kosovska Mitrovica, Serbia

autor

Lazarević Đorđe R.

• Nuclear Facilities of Serbia, Belgrade, Serbia

• https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7258-2658

autor

Nikezić Dušan P.

• VINČA Institute of Nuclear Sciences, National Institute of the Republic of Serbia
• University of Belgrade, Belgrade, Serbia

• https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8885-2683

autor

Osmokrović Predrag V.

• Faculty of Electrical Engineering, University of Belgrade, Belgrade, Serbia

• https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5781-3334

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Uwagi

Opracowanie rekordu ze środków MNiSW, umowa nr SONP/SP/546092/2022 w ramach programu "Społeczna odpowiedzialność nauki" - moduł: Popularyzacja nauki i promocja sportu (2024).