POST BATTLE RADIATION HAZARDS DEPLETED URANIUM

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Subject: POST BATTLE RADIATION HAZARDS DEPLETED URANIUM                  

Unit: VII CORPS   

Parent Organization: ARCENT      

Box  ID: BX000262

Folder Title: PERSONNEL                                                                                       

Document Number:         64

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            ISSUE: Post-battle radiation hazards


            DISCUSSION:

            Depleted uranium can'cause battlefield and equipment contamination.
            Many soldiers and leaders did not recognize the hazard and put
            themselves at risk by crawling over shot up or burned up tanks.

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            Enemy equipment can have gages and other items which contain
            radiation.
            Units do not have capability of checking fo"r alpha radiation at
            brigade level. As a result, they unnecessarily expose their  soldiers
            to radiation risks.

            RECOMMENDATION: Plan for radiation contaminated battlefield.

            Provide direct reading radiation instrumentation at Bde level.




































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File Room = sep96_declassified
File Cabinet = Week-42
Box ID = BX000262
Unit = VII CORPS
Parent Organization = ARCENT
Folder Title = PERSONNEL
Folder Seq # = 19
Subject = POST BATTLE RADIATION HAZARDS DEPLETED URANIUM
Document Seq # = 64
Document Date =
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Queued for Declassification = 01-JAN-1980
Short Term Referral = 01-JAN-1980
Long Term Referral = 01-JAN-1980
Permanent Referral = 01-JAN-1980
Non-Health Related Document = 01-JAN-1980
Declassified = 06-DEC-1996