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Article: Human Health Risk Assessment at a Depleted Uranium Site
- Article from:
- Soil & Sediment Contamination
- Article date:
- January 1, 2004
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CopyrightCopyright CRC Press 2004. Provided by ProQuest LLC. (Hide copyright information)
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Human health risk assessments for depleted uranium are common for Department of Defense (DOD) sites since the metal has various military uses. At a training and experimental site, DU was evaluated in soil in order to make decisions regarding cleanup and future use of the site. At this site, concentrations were found to be protective of human health; DU is less toxic than uranium. Other data important to this decision were the type of receptors likely to be exposed, the amount of time spent by the receptor on-site, the acceptable yearly radiation dose, and other non-radiation associated effects to the kidney. Total uranium concentrations in soil were calculated for the 90th percentile and ...