Обедненный уран и ядерные боеприпасы 4-го поколения. Текст в копилке
В копилке текст про применение обедненного урана в боеприпасах. Просьба высказаться биологов и любителей военной техники. (файл nuclear_weapons.pdf)
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A comparison of delayed radiobiological effects of depleted-uranium munitions versus fourth-generation nuclear weapons
Authors: Andre Gsponer, Jean-Pierre Hurni, Bruno Vitale
Comments: 14 pages, 3 tables. To appear in the Proceedings of the 4th Int. Conf. of the Yugoslav Nuclear Society, Belgrade, Sep.30 - Oct.4, 2002
Report-no: Independent Scientific Research Institute report number ISRI-02-07
Subj-class: Medical Physics
It is shown that the radiological burden due to the battle-field use of circa 400 tons of depleted-uranium munitions in Iraq (and of about 40 tons in Yugoslavia) is comparable to that arising from the hypothetical battle-field use of more than 600 kt (respectively 60 kt) of high-explosive equivalent pure-fusion fourth-generation nuclear weapons. Despite the limited knowledge openly available on existing and future nuclear weapons, there is sufficient published information on their physical principles and radiological effects to make such a comparison. In fact, it is shown that this comparison can be made with very simple and convincing arguments so that the main technical conclusions of the paper are undisputable -- although it would be worthwhile to supplement the hand calculations presented in the paper by more detailed computer simulations in order to consolidate the conclusions and refute any possible objections.
