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UN Team to Visit Depleted Uranium Sites in Kosovo
A team of experts organized by the UN Environment Program is expected to arrive in Kosovo on November 6 to assess the impact of ordnance containing depleted uranium (DU) used during last year's Balkans conflict.
The team will measure radioactivity levels and take soil and water samples to test for the heavy metals caused by the break- down of DU, according to a news release by the Nairobi-based UN environment agency.
The aim of the assessment is to determine if there are health or environmental risks now or in the future due to the use of DU during the conflict and a report on the findings will be published.
The team of 12 European experts will spend two weeks visiting up to six selected sites.
Once the field assessments are complete, the various participating institutions will conduct laboratory analyses during December. The final report is expected to be available in January.
The identification of the sites to be visited was made possible by data supplied to the United Nations by the NATO. The sites chosen for measurement work are in the western part of Kosovo.
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