Abstract
Depleted uranium (DU) is a by-product of the nuclear fuel industry and is used in antitank penetrators due to its high density, self-sharpening and pyrophoric properties. Military activities have left a legacy of DU waste in terrestrial and marine environments and presently there are no clean up procedures in place. In order to understand the fate of this DU, long term (500 days) microcosm experiments simulating key environments have been carried out for the first time to investigate the mechanisms and rates of DU corrosion as a function of the biogeochemical and environmental conditions. The corrosion of DU was investigated in microcosms simulating organic-rich marine sediments of high and medium salinity.
Document Type
Thesis
Publication Date
2008-01-01
DOI
10.24382/4474
Recommended Citation
Handley-Sidhu, S. (2008) Biogeochemical controls on the corrosion and fate of depleted uranium. Thesis. University of Plymouth. Available at: https://doi.org/10.24382/4474
