Radioactive Releases in the Environment

Radioactive Releases in the Environment

Impact and Assessment

Cooper, John R.; Randle, Keith; Sokhi, Ranjeet S.

John Wiley & Sons Inc

03/2003

492

Dura

Inglês

9780471899235

15 a 20 dias

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Preface. 1. INTRODUCTION TO ENVIRONMENTAL RADIOACTIVITY.

2. NATURE OF RADIOACTIVITY.

3. INTERACTION OF RADIATION WITH MATTER.

4. BIOLOGICAL EFFECTS OF IONIZING RADIATION AND RADIOLOGICAL PROTECTION.

5. MANAGEMENT OF RADIOACTIVE WASTE.

6. NUCLEAR POWER.

7. RELEASES OF RADIONUCLIDES FROM NON-NUCLEAR POWER INDUSTRIES.

8. INSTRUMENTATION FOR RADIATION DETECTION AND MEASUREMENT.

9. MEASUREMENT TECHNIQUES AND PROCEDURES.

10. SAMPLING AND SAMPLE PREPARATION.

11. STATISTICAL TREATMENT OF RADIOACTIVITY MEASUREMENTS.

12. RADIOACTIVE SURVEYING AND REMOTE SENSING.

13. MODELLING THE DISPERSION OF RADIONUCLIDES IN THE ENVIRONMENT: AN INTRODUCTION TO MODELLING CONCEPTS.

14. MODELLING DISPERSION OF RADIONUCLIDES IN THE ATMOSPHERE.

15. MODELLING DISPERSION OF RADIONUCLIDES IN AQUATIC AND TERRESTRIAL ENVIRONMENTS.

16. ASSESSMENT OF RADIATION DOSES.

APPENDIX 1. Acronyms Used in the Text.

APPENDIX 2. Units, Terms and Conversion Factors for Radiation, Radioactivity and Related Areas.

APPENDIX 3. Data for the Most Important Environmental Radionuclides.

Bibliography.

References.

Index.
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