Ebook: Nuclear Physical Methods in Radioecological Investigations of Nuclear Test Sites

It is only with the ending of the Cold War that the issue of environmental hazards at many former nuclear testing sites around the world has attracted international scientific interest. This book discusses the environmental, ecological, and health problems associated with nuclear testing. Topics treated include dose assessment, risk, speciation and transport of radionuclides, measurement and separation of radionuclides, and remedial options. The nuclear test sites examined include the Semipalatinsk Nuclear Test Site (Kazakhstan), the Nevada test Site (USA), the Pacific atolls, and the Maralinga Test Site (Australia). The volume also discusses the additional release sites of Chelyabinsk (Russia), Chernobyl (Ukraine), Palomares (Spain), Los Alamos (USA), and others.
A valuable compendium of radiological problems for a wide spectrum of readers, from non-specialist to expert.

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It is only with the ending of the Cold War that the issue of environmental hazards at many former nuclear testing sites around the world has attracted international scientific interest. This book discusses the environmental, ecological, and health problems associated with nuclear testing. Topics treated include dose assessment, risk, speciation and transport of radionuclides, measurement and separation of radionuclides, and remedial options. The nuclear test sites examined include the Semipalatinsk Nuclear Test Site (Kazakhstan), the Nevada test Site (USA), the Pacific atolls, and the Maralinga Test Site (Australia). The volume also discusses the additional release sites of Chelyabinsk (Russia), Chernobyl (Ukraine), Palomares (Spain), Los Alamos (USA), and others.
A valuable compendium of radiological problems for a wide spectrum of readers, from non-specialist to expert.

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It is only with the ending of the Cold War that the issue of environmental hazards at many former nuclear testing sites around the world has attracted international scientific interest. This book discusses the environmental, ecological, and health problems associated with nuclear testing. Topics treated include dose assessment, risk, speciation and transport of radionuclides, measurement and separation of radionuclides, and remedial options. The nuclear test sites examined include the Semipalatinsk Nuclear Test Site (Kazakhstan), the Nevada test Site (USA), the Pacific atolls, and the Maralinga Test Site (Australia). The volume also discusses the additional release sites of Chelyabinsk (Russia), Chernobyl (Ukraine), Palomares (Spain), Los Alamos (USA), and others.
A valuable compendium of radiological problems for a wide spectrum of readers, from non-specialist to expert.
Content:
Front Matter....Pages i-xvii
Front Matter....Pages 1-1
A Path To a Nuclear Future....Pages 3-9
Radioecological Issues in the Research Efforts of the RFNC-VNIIEF....Pages 11-15
Techniques Used at the National Nuclear Centre’s Institute of Nuclear Physics for Studying Soil Probes and Soil Fragments at the Semipalatinsk Nuclear Test Site....Pages 17-42
Front Matter....Pages 43-43
Health and Environmental Issues at U.S. Nuclear Test Sites....Pages 45-60
Hydrogeological Investigations and Radionuclide Migration in Groundwater at the Nevada Test Site....Pages 61-74
Characterisation of Radionuclide Contamination at the Semipalatinsk Nuclear Test Site Territory....Pages 75-87
Radioactive Strontium-and Caesium-Contaminated Sites: Characterisation, Transport, and Remedial Options....Pages 89-97
Evaluation of the Anthropogenic Radionuclide Concentrations in Sediments and Fauna Collected in the Arctic....Pages 99-107
Radiological Environmental Research Conducted at the Site of the Sinking of the “Komsomolets” Nuclear-Powered Submarine....Pages 109-114
Front Matter....Pages 115-115
Determination of Radionuclide Species in Natural Waters, Soils, and Sediments....Pages 117-125
Radiation Survey and Radionuclide Analysis of Radioactive Plumes from the Former Semipalatinsk Nuclear Test Site....Pages 127-143
Determination of 89sr and 90sr from Low-and Intermediate-Level Radioactive Liquid Waste....Pages 145-150
Front Matter....Pages 151-151
Evaluation of Possible Radiation Exposures Near the Semipalatinsk Nuclear Test Site....Pages 153-159
Technical Basis of Dose Reconstruction....Pages 161-172
ESR Investigation of Environmental Objects from the Semipalatinsk Nuclear Test Site Region....Pages 173-179
Comparative Plutonium-239 Dose Assessment for Three Desert Sites....Pages 181-189
Database Management of Radioecological Data for Dose Assessment....Pages 191-202
Database of the Radioecological Situation at the Semipalatinsk Nuclear Test Site....Pages 203-219
Front Matter....Pages 221-222
Methods and Equipment for Field Monitoring of Different Types of137Cs Contamination, Including Small, Isolated Spots....Pages 223-230
Georadioecological Mapping Problems at Nuclear Explosion Sites....Pages 231-231
Activation Analysis of Large Volume Soil Extract Samples....Pages 233-237
Back Matter....Pages 239-244
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