GEOCHEMICAL VIEW ON “INOFFENSIVE” DEPLETED URANIUM

C. M. Zhmodik; Жмодик С. М.; V. A. Ponomarchuk; Пономарчук В. А.

doi:10.31857/S2686739723601229

GEOCHEMICAL VIEW ON “INOFFENSIVE” DEPLETED URANIUM

Authors: Zhmodik C.M.¹, Ponomarchuk V.A.¹
Affiliations:
1. V.S. Sobolev Institute of Geology and Mineralogy, Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences,
Issue: Vol 513, No 1 (2023)
Pages: 153-160
Section: GEOECOLOGY
Submitted: 30.01.2025
Published: 01.11.2023
URL: https://rjsvd.com/2686-7397/article/view/649801
DOI: https://doi.org/10.31857/S2686739723601229
EDN: https://elibrary.ru/LESZAP
ID: 649801

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Abstract

The interaction of alpha radiation from UO₂ micro- and nanoparticles (uraninite) with the substance was visualized using alpha-autoradiography data on A-2 thick-layer nuclear photographic emulsions. The spherical area of action of alpha particles around UO₂ micrograins, up to 100 microns in size, is a deeply transformed substance with a high density of radiation defects. The translation of these results on a living organism leads to the conclusion about the specific type of impact of micro- and nanoparticles of depleted uranium, in which prolonged internal irradiation in small doses of the whole organism is combined with catastrophically high doses of alpha radiation in local zones, near micro- and nanoparticles UO₂.

Keywords

uranium, depleted, depleted uranium, alpha-autoradiography, thick-layer nuclear emulsion, alpha particles

About the authors

C. M. Zhmodik

V.S. Sobolev Institute of Geology and Mineralogy, Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences,

Author for correspondence.
Email: zhmodik@igm.nsc.ru
Russian, Novosibirsk

V. A. Ponomarchuk

V.S. Sobolev Institute of Geology and Mineralogy, Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences,

Email: zhmodik@igm.nsc.ru
Russian, Novosibirsk

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