Radioactive Releases in the Environment: Impact and AssessmentISBN: 978-0-471-89924-2
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490 pages
May 2003
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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 THE AQUATIC AND TERRESTRIAL ENVIRONMENTS.
16 ASSESSMENT OF RADIATION DOSES.
APPENDIX 1 List of 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.
References.
Bibliography.
Index.