  The conflict in Yugoslavia has been a source of great concern due to the
radiological and toxic hazard posed by the alleged presence of depleted uranium
in NATO weapons. In the present study some worst-case scenaria are assumed in
order to assess the risk for Yugoslavia and its neighboring countries . The
risk is proved to be negligible for the neighboring countries while for
Yugoslavia itself evidence is given that any increase in total long-term cancer
mortality will be so low that it will remain undetected. Local radioactive
hotspots such as DU weapons fragments and abandoned battle tanks, fortified or
contaminated with DU, constitute a post-war hazard which is not studied in this
article.
