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Uranium (U) can be found in concentrations of 2-200 mg/kg U in phosphate fertilizers if the rock phosphate is of sedimentary origin. About 14,000 tons of U were applied by mineral phosphate fertilizers in Germany from 1951 to 2013. This equals a cumulative load of 1 kg/ha U to agricultural soils. Actually, about 114 to 228 tons of U is distributed by fertilization.
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Schnug, E., Haneklaus, N. (2015). Uranium in phosphate fertilizers – review and outlook. In: Merkel, B., Arab, A. (eds) Uranium - Past and Future Challenges. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-11059-2_14
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