"The explosion which occurred at Khlemnitsky, Ukraine on May 13th involved significant
quantities of Uranium contamination of the air. This was unequivocally shown by the arrival
of measured excess amounts of Uranium particles in High Volume Air Samplers deployed by
the UK Atomic Weapons Establishment, Aldermaston, near London, in May and June 2023.
This is something that is therefore known. What is not known, is the source term, how much
Uranium was dispersed in the explosion, and secondly where did go before arriving in
England? Also, the question of its health effects on populations living in the plume area is
one that is addressed here"..."The Russian news sites reported that the explosion was one of stored
Depleted Uranium weapons donated by the UK, but many other websites and self-identified
experts argued that there was no radioactivity in the cloud. However, EU gamma detectors in
the path of the cloud which was travelling north west across Western Ukraine and Poland
showed significant spikes in radiation after the event at approximately the right timeThe Russian news sites reported that the explosion was one of stored
Depleted Uranium weapons donated by the UK, but many other websites and self-identified
experts argued that there was no radioactivity in the cloud. However, EU gamma detectors in
the path of the cloud which was travelling north west across Western Ukraine and Poland
showed significant spikes in radiation"..."Gamma detectors in the computed path of the plume showed spikes due to the gamma
emissions from the daughter nuclides Th-234 and Pa-234m. Applying Occams razor to the
event, assuming that the explosion was one of Depleted Uranium, the increased gamma
signals were employed together with a Gaussian Plume model to show that the source term
was between 50 and 70 tonnes of Depleted Uranium depending on assumptions. Based on
previous epidemiological studies of Uranium aerosol exposures in Iraq and the Balkans it can
be stated that there will be significant genetic effects including cancer, leukemia and birth
defects in European exposed populations, and particularly in North Western Ukraine, Poland
and South West Belarus": https://www.researchgate.net/publication/376050100_The_Khlemnitsky_Ukraine_Uranium_explosion_revisited_The_calculated_source_term_is_50_tons_Public_Health_implications_for_Poland_and_Western_Ukraine