Risk Assessment for AL-Nahrawn Site that Contaminated with Depleted Uranium in Baghdad

Subject Areas : Journal of Chemical Health Risks

Murtdha Adhab Siyah ¹ , Asia H. Al-Mashhadani ² , Basim H. Essa ³

1 - Radioactive Waste Management's Department, Radioactive Waste Directorate, Ministry of Science and Technology, Baghdad, Iraq
2 - Department of Physics, College of Science, University of Baghdad, Baghdad, Iraq
3 - Radioactive Waste Management's Department, Radioactive Waste Directorate, Ministry of Science and Technology, Baghdad, Iraq|Department of Physics, College of Science, University of Baghdad, Baghdad, Iraq

Received: 2021-04-05 Accepted : 2021-07-12 Published : 2021-09-01

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