Ebook: Atmospheric Nuclear Tests: Environmental and Human Consequences

Radionuclides produced by past nuclear weapon test explosions comprise the largest source of anthropogenic radioactivity released into the earth's atmosphere to date. This volume presents data and models about the fate of the released radionuclides and their possible effects on human health. It is divided into the following three parts:
- Source Term Studies;
- Dose Reconstruction;
- Ecological and Health Effects,
and comprises both Western and formerly secret Soviet research studies, illuminates past and current research.

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Radionuclides produced by past nuclear weapon test explosions comprise the largest source of anthropogenic radioactivity released into the earth's atmosphere to date. This volume presents data and models about the fate of the released radionuclides and their possible effects on human health. It is divided into the following three parts:
- Source Term Studies;
- Dose Reconstruction;
- Ecological and Health Effects,
and comprises both Western and formerly secret Soviet research studies, illuminates past and current research.

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Radionuclides produced by past nuclear weapon test explosions comprise the largest source of anthropogenic radioactivity released into the earth's atmosphere to date. This volume presents data and models about the fate of the released radionuclides and their possible effects on human health. It is divided into the following three parts:
- Source Term Studies;
- Dose Reconstruction;
- Ecological and Health Effects,
and comprises both Western and formerly secret Soviet research studies, illuminates past and current research.
Content:
Front Matter....Pages I-XIV
Scope—Radtest: Radioactivity from Nuclear Test Explosions: The Human and Environmental Consequences....Pages 1-7
Overview of the Proceedings and Papers of the NATO/SCOPE-RADTEST Advanced Research Workshop in Vienna....Pages 9-60
Front Matter....Pages 61-61
Some Characteristics of Atmospheric Nuclear Tests at the USSR Test Sites (1949–1962)....Pages 63-68
The LLNL Nevada Test Site Underground Radionuclide Source-Term Inventory....Pages 69-77
Front Matter....Pages 79-79
Long Range Atmospheric Transport of Radioactive Products from Nuclear Explosions Conducted in the USA, USSR, France and China after 1963....Pages 81-94
Methodological Approaches to the Reconstruction of Radioactive Fallout Patterns and Radiation Burdens from Nuclear Explosions....Pages 95-104
Radionuclides Deposition Over the Territories Adjacent to the Semipalatinsk Test Site According to the Data of Geophysical Surveys Carried Out in 1960s and 1990s....Pages 105-112
A Model for Nuclear Explosion Cloud Movement and Fallout Estimation....Pages 113-119
Assessment of Internal Radiation Dose from the Fallout of Nuclear Explosions....Pages 121-125
Overview of the Department of Energy’s Off-Site Radiation Exposure Review Project (ORERP)....Pages 127-138
Historical Estimates of External ? Exposure and Collective External ? Exposure from Testing at the Nevada Test Site. II. Test Series After Hardtack II, 1958, and Summary....Pages 139-150
Estimates of Fallout in the Continental U.S. from Nevada Weapons Testing Based on Gummed-Film Monitoring Data....Pages 151-167
Models of Radioiodine Transport to Populations Within the Continental U.S.....Pages 169-184
External Exposure Estimates for Individuals Near the Nevada Test Site....Pages 185-194
Assessment of the Potential Radiological Impact of Residual Contamination in the Maralinga and Emu Areas....Pages 195-195
Front Matter....Pages 197-197
Semipalatinsk and Northern Test Sites in the USSR: Integrated Program of Radiation and Ecological Studies of the Environmental Consequences of Nuclear Tests....Pages 199-218
Radiological Consequences of Nuclear Testing for the Population of the Former USSR (Input Information, Models, Dose, and Risk Estimates)....Pages 219-260
Radiological Consequences of Global Fallouts of Nuclear Explosion Products over the USSR Territory in 1966–1986....Pages 261-270
Radioactive Contamination from Nuclear Fallout and Health Evaluation in China....Pages 271-274
Mortality and Cancer Incidence 1952–1990 in UK Participants in the UK Atmospheric Nuclear Weapons Tests and Experimental Programmes....Pages 275-275
Back Matter....Pages 277-282

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Radionuclides produced by past nuclear weapon test explosions comprise the largest source of anthropogenic radioactivity released into the earth's atmosphere to date. This volume presents data and models about the fate of the released radionuclides and their possible effects on human health. It is divided into the following three parts:
- Source Term Studies;
- Dose Reconstruction;
- Ecological and Health Effects,
and comprises both Western and formerly secret Soviet research studies, illuminates past and current research.
Content:
Front Matter....Pages I-XIV
Scope—Radtest: Radioactivity from Nuclear Test Explosions: The Human and Environmental Consequences....Pages 1-7
Overview of the Proceedings and Papers of the NATO/SCOPE-RADTEST Advanced Research Workshop in Vienna....Pages 9-60
Front Matter....Pages 61-61
Some Characteristics of Atmospheric Nuclear Tests at the USSR Test Sites (1949–1962)....Pages 63-68
The LLNL Nevada Test Site Underground Radionuclide Source-Term Inventory....Pages 69-77
Front Matter....Pages 79-79
Long Range Atmospheric Transport of Radioactive Products from Nuclear Explosions Conducted in the USA, USSR, France and China after 1963....Pages 81-94
Methodological Approaches to the Reconstruction of Radioactive Fallout Patterns and Radiation Burdens from Nuclear Explosions....Pages 95-104
Radionuclides Deposition Over the Territories Adjacent to the Semipalatinsk Test Site According to the Data of Geophysical Surveys Carried Out in 1960s and 1990s....Pages 105-112
A Model for Nuclear Explosion Cloud Movement and Fallout Estimation....Pages 113-119
Assessment of Internal Radiation Dose from the Fallout of Nuclear Explosions....Pages 121-125
Overview of the Department of Energy’s Off-Site Radiation Exposure Review Project (ORERP)....Pages 127-138
Historical Estimates of External ? Exposure and Collective External ? Exposure from Testing at the Nevada Test Site. II. Test Series After Hardtack II, 1958, and Summary....Pages 139-150
Estimates of Fallout in the Continental U.S. from Nevada Weapons Testing Based on Gummed-Film Monitoring Data....Pages 151-167
Models of Radioiodine Transport to Populations Within the Continental U.S.....Pages 169-184
External Exposure Estimates for Individuals Near the Nevada Test Site....Pages 185-194
Assessment of the Potential Radiological Impact of Residual Contamination in the Maralinga and Emu Areas....Pages 195-195
Front Matter....Pages 197-197
Semipalatinsk and Northern Test Sites in the USSR: Integrated Program of Radiation and Ecological Studies of the Environmental Consequences of Nuclear Tests....Pages 199-218
Radiological Consequences of Nuclear Testing for the Population of the Former USSR (Input Information, Models, Dose, and Risk Estimates)....Pages 219-260
Radiological Consequences of Global Fallouts of Nuclear Explosion Products over the USSR Territory in 1966–1986....Pages 261-270
Radioactive Contamination from Nuclear Fallout and Health Evaluation in China....Pages 271-274
Mortality and Cancer Incidence 1952–1990 in UK Participants in the UK Atmospheric Nuclear Weapons Tests and Experimental Programmes....Pages 275-275
Back Matter....Pages 277-282
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