Zunić Zora S, Mietelski Jerzy W, Błazej Sylwia, Gaca Paweł, Tomankiewicz Ewa, Ujić Predrag, Celiković Igor, Cuknić Olivera, Demajo Miroslav
Institute of Nuclear Sciences Vinca, Mike Petrovića Alasa 12-14, Belgrade, Serbia.
J Environ Radioact. 2008 Aug;99(8):1324-8. doi: 10.1016/j.jenvrad.2008.04.005. Epub 2008 May 27.
This paper reports results of gamma and alpha spectrometric measurements for mosses, lichens, fungi and soil samples from areas in the Balkans targeted by depleted uranium (DU). Samples were collected in 2002 and 2003 in the vicinity of several villages, principally Han Pijesak (Bosnia and Herzegovina, hit by DU in 1995) and Bratoselce (South Serbia, hit by DU in 1999) and in lesser numbers from Gornja Stubla, Kosovo (which is identified as a high natural radon/thoron area) and Presevo close to the Kosovo border. In the course of gamma spectrometric measurements some results suggested samples with unusual high uranium contents which might be considered to be a signature for the presence of DU, although many samples had very high detection limits. Alpha spectrometric measurements directly proved the presence of DU for five samples, all from directly targeted places. These were samples of mosses, lichens and soil. For some samples homogeneity tests were applied which showed a rather even distribution of DU in these samples. No trace of DU was found in any sample from a dwelling.
本文报告了对来自巴尔干地区受贫铀（DU）影响地区的苔藓、地衣、真菌和土壤样本进行伽马和阿尔法光谱测量的结果。样本于2002年和2003年在几个村庄附近采集，主要是汉皮耶萨克（波斯尼亚和黑塞哥维那，1995年受贫铀影响）和布拉托塞尔采（塞尔维亚南部，1999年受贫铀影响），较少数量的样本来自科索沃的戈尔尼亚斯图布拉（被确定为高天然氡/钍地区）和靠近科索沃边境的普雷舍沃。在伽马光谱测量过程中，一些结果表明样本中铀含量异常高，这可能被视为贫铀存在的特征，尽管许多样本的检测限非常高。阿尔法光谱测量直接证明了五个样本中存在贫铀，所有这些样本都来自直接受影响的地点。这些样本是苔藓、地衣和土壤样本。对一些样本进行了均匀性测试，结果表明贫铀在这些样本中分布较为均匀。在任何住宅样本中均未发现贫铀踪迹。
