Tank-Automotive and Armaments Command (TACOM) and Army Materiel Command (AMC) Review of Transuranics (TRU) in Depleted Uranium (DU) Armor | Health & Environmental Research Online (HERO)

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HERO ID

3784922

Reference Type

Technical Report

Title

Tank-Automotive and Armaments Command (TACOM) and Army Materiel Command (AMC) Review of Transuranics (TRU) in Depleted Uranium (DU) Armor

Author(s)

Bhat, RK

Year

2000

Report Number

NTIS/02937212_a

Volume

GRA and I

Issue

GRA and I

Abstract

The United States Department of the Army (DA) Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) license for Depleted Uranium (DU) armor is managed by the Tank- automotive and Armaments Command (TACOM). In August 1999, The Department of Energy (DOE) informed the Army that DU armor carried trace amounts of transuranics, (TRU) and Technetium-99 (Tc-99). The NRC subsequently requested the Army submit an amendment to its DU Armor license (NRC Materials License No. SUB-1536, Docket No. 040-08994) to reflect the quantities of TRU contained in the Army's DU Armor based on more extensive sampling/lab analysis. To provide the NRC with such analysis, the Army Materiel Command (AMC) developed a plan designed to quantitatively assess TRU content in DU Armor.