Overview

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 Semipalatinsk (Kazakhstan), Nevada (USA), the Pacific atolls and Maralinga (Australia). The volume also discusses the additional release sites of Chelyabinsk (Russia), Chernobyl (Ukraine), Palomares (Spain), Los Alamos (USA) and others. A compendium of radiological problems for a wide spectrum of readers, from non-specialist to expert.

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Author:   Siegfried S. Hecker ,  Caroline F.V. Mason ,  Kairat K. Kadyrzhanov ,  Serge B. Kislitsin
Publisher:   Springer
Imprint:   Springer
Edition:   Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 2000
Volume:   31
Dimensions:   Width: 15.50cm , Height: 1.40cm , Length: 23.50cm
Weight:   0.860kg
ISBN:  

9780792364481

ISBN 10:   0792364481
Pages:   256
Publication Date:   31 August 2000
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Undergraduate ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

A Path to a Nuclear Future.- Radioecological Issues in the Research Efforts of the RFNC-VNIIEF.- 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 17.- Health and Environmental Issues at U.S. Nuclear Test Sites.- Hydrogeological Investigations and Radionuclide Migration in Groundwater at the Nevada Test Site.- Characterisation of Radionuclide Contamination at the Semipalatinsk Nuclear Test Site Territory.- Radioactive Strontium-and Caesium-Contaminated Sites: Characterisation, Transport, and Remedial Options.- Evaluation of the Anthropogenic Radionuclide Concentrations in Sediments and Fauna Collected in the Arctic.- Radiological Environmental Research Conducted at the Site of the Sinking of the “Komsomolets” Nuclear-Powered Submarine.- Determination of Radionuclide Species in Natural Waters, Soils, and Sediments.- Radiation Survey and Radionuclide Analysis of Radioactive Plumes from the Former Semipalatinsk Nuclear Test Site.- Determination of 89Sr and 90Sr from Low-and Intermediate-Level Radioactive Liquid Waste.- Evaluation of Possible Radiation Exposures near the Semipalatinsk Nuclear Test Site.- Technical Basis of Dose Reconstruction.- ESR Investigation of Environmental Objects from the Semipalatinsk Nuclear Test Site Region.- Monitoring the Marshall Islands for Residual Weapons Testing Fallout: Techniques and Findings.- External Exposure Estimates for Individuals near the Nevada Test Site.- Comparative 239Pu Dose Assessment for Three Desert Sites: Maralinga, Australia; Palomares,Spain; and the Nevada Test Site, USA — Before and After Remedial Action.- Database Management of Radioecological Data for Dose Assessment.- Database of the RadioecologicalSituation at the Semipalatinsk Nuclear Test Site.- Methods and Equipment for Field Monitoring of Different Types of 137Cs Contamination, including Small, isolated Spots.- Georadioecological Mapping Problems at Nuclear Explosion Sites.- Activation Analysis of Large Volume Soil Extract Samples.- List of Authors.

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'The book is interesting from very different points of view. It is evidently a must for all scientists and authors interested in the future risks of radioactive contamination of vast areas. But it is also a landmark in the mutual opening of scientific data and of experimental minds between former competitors. [ This aspect alone could make the book a must in the library of what could become the socological study of the behaviour of scientists when their traditions of formerly very different frames of references, begin to unify.' International Journal of Environment and Pollution, 17 (2002)

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