Uranium at the Bijlmer disaster. Effective dosis of inhaled depleted uranium

The El Al airplane, which crashed in the urban area Bijlmermeer in Amsterdam, Netherlands, October 4th, 1992, contained balance weights of depleted uranium. Part of the balance weights has not been found after the disaster and its not sure what happened with the lost part. One of the options is that the uranium atomized during or after the fire. To clarify this the Dutch Civil Aviation Authority (RLD) ordered the Netherlands Energy Research Foundation (ECN) to study the fore-mentioned option. The effects on the public health of occupants, spectators and rescue workers were investigated by RIVM. In this article the results of the ECN study and the RIVM study are summarized, focusing on the title subject. 2 refs