Environmental Protection: Effects of Depleted Uranium (DU)

• UN Report on Depleted Uranium
  A report circulated in mid-2008 to the United Nations General Assembly presents the views of States and international organizations – including the IAEA and World Health Organization(WHO) - on effects related to the military use of depleted uranium.
  
• Full Report, 24 July 2008 [pdf]
• Addendum to UN Report on Depleted Uranium, 15 September 2008 [pdf]
• IAEA and World Health Organization (WHO) Replies, June 2008 [pdf]

IAEA.org Stories

• Depleted Uranium in Kuwait - IAEA Investigation Finds DU No Threat, 13 June 2003


• IAEA Deputy Director General Werner Burkart Addresses Issues, June 2001
• Radiological Impact of the Use of Depleted Uranium, Press Release, 31 January 2001
• UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan Calls for Inter-Agency Cooperation, January 2001
• IAEA Focuses on Radiological Safety
• IAEA Pledges Cooperation with other Organizations in Response to Depleted Uranium Concerns, Press Release, January 2001

Scientific & Background Reports

• DU in Bosnia and Herzegovina Report, UNEP Report [pdf]
• DU in Serbia and Montenegro Report, UNEP Report [pdf]
• DU In Kosovo Report, UNEP Report [pdf]
• DU Mission to Kosovo, WHO Report [pdf]
• Properties, Use and Health Effects of Depleted Uranium (DU): A General Overview, by A. Bleise, P. R. Danesi and W. Burkart
• UN Secretary General 2008 Report on Uranium Weapons
  Views of Member States and relevant international organizations on the effects of the use of armaments and ammunitions containing depleted uranium.
• Full Report, 24 July 2008
• UN Report on Depleted Uranium, 15 September 2008.

Videos

Soil Samples from Kosovo
The IAEA has been a scientific partner for field missions assessing depleted uranium. In November 2000, experts went to Kosovo working with the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP).

Field Sample Analyses
Scientific analyses of field samples are done at the IAEA’s Laboratories in Seibersdorf, Austria.

• Analyses at IAEA Laboratories Seibersdorf, Features, April 2003
• IAEA Laboratories Seibersdorf and Vienna

 

• The IAEA Role, Issue Briefs
• Assessing Effects of Depleted Uranium: The IAEA Role, Fact Sheet
• Radiation, People and the Environment
• Depleted Uranium, INIS

Partner Organizations

• Post Conflict Assessment Unit, UNEP
• Depleted Uranium, WHO
• Depleted Uranium: Sources, Exposure and Health Effects,WHO Executive Summary [pdf]
• Depleted Uranium, NATO
• Resolution on Depleted Uranium, European Parliament
• Depleted Uranium, US Department of Defense Report