Ebook: Role of GIS in Lifting the Cloud Off Chernobyl

The 15th anniversary of the Chernobyl nuclear power plant disaster offered a timely opportunity for an expert assessment of the current situation and suggestions for approaches to managing the information associated with the site and surrounding contaminated territories.
The great quantity of data coming from the contaminated region was and is very difficult to use without he aid of modern information technologies, especially Geographic Information Systems (GIS) and Remote Sensing (RS). Application of these technologies, and related expertise, became crucial to the region's economic recovery and sustainability planning. Given the real possibility of a similar accident at nuclear facilities elsewhere around the world, the development of recovery strategies based on experience gained at Chernobyl, using modern scientific methods and technologies, will be invaluable in the future. The presentations and discussion reported in the book have led to some key conclusions. Image maps derived from satellite imagery are the most economical, up to date and readily available basis for Chernobyl-related applications, as well as for other future applications. The study of soil-plant transfer of radionuclides afforded comparatively much more reliable data. GIS in association with adequate knowledge is a valuable tool in decision making and modelling of contaminated areas and objects.

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The 15th anniversary of the Chernobyl nuclear power plant disaster offered a timely opportunity for an expert assessment of the current situation and suggestions for approaches to managing the information associated with the site and surrounding contaminated territories.
The great quantity of data coming from the contaminated region was and is very difficult to use without he aid of modern information technologies, especially Geographic Information Systems (GIS) and Remote Sensing (RS). Application of these technologies, and related expertise, became crucial to the region's economic recovery and sustainability planning. Given the real possibility of a similar accident at nuclear facilities elsewhere around the world, the development of recovery strategies based on experience gained at Chernobyl, using modern scientific methods and technologies, will be invaluable in the future. The presentations and discussion reported in the book have led to some key conclusions. Image maps derived from satellite imagery are the most economical, up to date and readily available basis for Chernobyl-related applications, as well as for other future applications. The study of soil-plant transfer of radionuclides afforded comparatively much more reliable data. GIS in association with adequate knowledge is a valuable tool in decision making and modelling of contaminated areas and objects.

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The 15th anniversary of the Chernobyl nuclear power plant disaster offered a timely opportunity for an expert assessment of the current situation and suggestions for approaches to managing the information associated with the site and surrounding contaminated territories.
The great quantity of data coming from the contaminated region was and is very difficult to use without he aid of modern information technologies, especially Geographic Information Systems (GIS) and Remote Sensing (RS). Application of these technologies, and related expertise, became crucial to the region's economic recovery and sustainability planning. Given the real possibility of a similar accident at nuclear facilities elsewhere around the world, the development of recovery strategies based on experience gained at Chernobyl, using modern scientific methods and technologies, will be invaluable in the future. The presentations and discussion reported in the book have led to some key conclusions. Image maps derived from satellite imagery are the most economical, up to date and readily available basis for Chernobyl-related applications, as well as for other future applications. The study of soil-plant transfer of radionuclides afforded comparatively much more reliable data. GIS in association with adequate knowledge is a valuable tool in decision making and modelling of contaminated areas and objects.
Content:
Front Matter....Pages i-xi
Situation Assessment for Mitigation Activities: Tools for Building Geographic Knowledge....Pages 1-12
The Dnieper River Basin Challenge: Local and International Response to an Environmental and Human Health Crisis....Pages 13-23
Providing Information in Relation to Chernobyl and the Role of GIS....Pages 25-48
The Consequences of the Chernobyl Accident: First Results in the Radioecology Project of the French-German Initiative....Pages 49-65
Development of the Data Base: Nuclear Fuel and Radioactive Waste, Environmental Impact, and Radiological Situation in Chernobyl NPP 4th Block “Shelter”....Pages 67-76
From Image Maps to Decision Making....Pages 77-84
The Chernobyl Sarcophagus Project of the German-French Initiative....Pages 85-95
Radon Risk Assessment in GIS....Pages 97-107
The Run-off in Natural and Agricultural Environments....Pages 109-119
Waste Dumps around Chornobyl Power Plant: Actual State and Future....Pages 121-129
The Problem of Waste....Pages 131-146
Countermeasures on Natural and Agricultural Areas after Chernobyl Accident....Pages 147-158
Back Matter....Pages 159-160

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The 15th anniversary of the Chernobyl nuclear power plant disaster offered a timely opportunity for an expert assessment of the current situation and suggestions for approaches to managing the information associated with the site and surrounding contaminated territories.
The great quantity of data coming from the contaminated region was and is very difficult to use without he aid of modern information technologies, especially Geographic Information Systems (GIS) and Remote Sensing (RS). Application of these technologies, and related expertise, became crucial to the region's economic recovery and sustainability planning. Given the real possibility of a similar accident at nuclear facilities elsewhere around the world, the development of recovery strategies based on experience gained at Chernobyl, using modern scientific methods and technologies, will be invaluable in the future. The presentations and discussion reported in the book have led to some key conclusions. Image maps derived from satellite imagery are the most economical, up to date and readily available basis for Chernobyl-related applications, as well as for other future applications. The study of soil-plant transfer of radionuclides afforded comparatively much more reliable data. GIS in association with adequate knowledge is a valuable tool in decision making and modelling of contaminated areas and objects.
Content:
Front Matter....Pages i-xi
Situation Assessment for Mitigation Activities: Tools for Building Geographic Knowledge....Pages 1-12
The Dnieper River Basin Challenge: Local and International Response to an Environmental and Human Health Crisis....Pages 13-23
Providing Information in Relation to Chernobyl and the Role of GIS....Pages 25-48
The Consequences of the Chernobyl Accident: First Results in the Radioecology Project of the French-German Initiative....Pages 49-65
Development of the Data Base: Nuclear Fuel and Radioactive Waste, Environmental Impact, and Radiological Situation in Chernobyl NPP 4th Block “Shelter”....Pages 67-76
From Image Maps to Decision Making....Pages 77-84
The Chernobyl Sarcophagus Project of the German-French Initiative....Pages 85-95
Radon Risk Assessment in GIS....Pages 97-107
The Run-off in Natural and Agricultural Environments....Pages 109-119
Waste Dumps around Chornobyl Power Plant: Actual State and Future....Pages 121-129
The Problem of Waste....Pages 131-146
Countermeasures on Natural and Agricultural Areas after Chernobyl Accident....Pages 147-158
Back Matter....Pages 159-160
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