Technical Studies and Reports

US Army Center for Health Promotion and Preventive Medicine, Project Silver Falcon Scoping Survey for Depleted Uranium, U.S. Sector, Kosovo, Project #27-6D-4405-00, 11-16 Mar 00 (April 2000) - Memo regarding a scoping survey of the nine identified DU target sites in the U.S. Sector in Kosovo. (PDF)

Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry, "Toxicological Profile for Uranium" (September 1999) - The ATSDR toxicological profile succintly characterizes the toxicologic and adverse health effects of Uranium. (HTML)

US Army Test, Measurement and Diagnostic Equipment Activity, "Tank-Automotive and Armaments Command (TACOM) and Army Materiel Command (AMC) Review of Transuranics (TRU) in Depleted Uranium (DU) Armor" (January 2000) - In August 1999, the Department of Energy informed the Army that DU armor carried trace amounts of transuranics and Technetium-99. The NRC subsequently requested the Army submit an amendment to its DU Armor license to reflect the quantities of TRU contained in the Army’s DU Armor based on more extensive sampling/lab analysis. To provide the NRC with such analysis, the Army Materiel Command developed a plan designed to quantitatively assess TRU content in DU Armor. (PDF)

Armed Forces Radiobiology Research Institute, "Toxicological Evaluation of Depleted Uranium in Rats: Six-Month Evaluation Point" (February 1998) - This is a 6-month interim report of an 18-month study that is designed to assess the toxicity of implanted DU pellets. This study evaluates kidney, behavioral, and neural toxicity associated with intramuscularly implanted DU pellets (1 -mm x 2-mm) and assesses tissues for histological changes and for uranium content. (PDF)

US Army Environmental Policy Institute, "Health and Environmental Consequences of Depleted Uranium Use in the U.S. Army: Technical Report" (June 1995) - A study the health and environmental consequences of using DU on the battlefield. Examines the potential for remediating DU contamination, ways to reduce DU toxicity, and methods to protect the environment from the long-term consequences of DU use. (HTML)

UK Ministry of Defence, Defence Radiological Protection Service, "Radiological and chemical hazards of Depleted Uranium" (July 1993) - A report by the U.K. Defence Radiological Protection Service outlining the threat posed by DU. (HTML)

US Army Armament Research and Development Command, Tank Ammo Section Report No. 107: "A Comparison of the Advantages and Disadvantages of Depleted Uranium and Tungsten Alloy as Penetrator Materials" (June 1980) - A comparison of DU and tungsten as materials for use in munitions. (PDF)

US Air Force Armament Laboratory, "Morphological Characteristics of Particulate Material Formed From High Velocity Impact of Depleted Uranium Projectiles with Armor Targets" (November 1978) - Scanning electron microscopy was used to investigate the particles formed when depleted uranium projectiles impact armor targets. Special emphasis was placed on the morphological characteristics of the particles in relationship to size, crystalline structure, and inherent stability. (PDF)

Los Alamos Scientific Laboratory, "Hazard Classification Test of GAU-6 Ammunition by Bonfire Cookoff with Limited Air Sampling" (February 1976) - A standard hazard classification test of GAU-8 ammunition was performed August 26. 1976, for the U.S. Air Force Armament Laboratory. Fragment pattern scoring following bonfire cookoff of 180 live rounds indicated only one shell base fragment was thrown beyond 400 feet by shell case disruption. Uranium aerosol dispersed by burning of DU penetrators within the ammunition was detected at five air samplers placed near the bonfire. (PDF)