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Nuclear physical methods in radioecological investigations of nuclear test sites / edited by Siegfried S. Hecker [and others].
- Format:
- Book
- Conference/Event
- Conference Name:
- NATO Advanced Research Workshop on Nuclear Physical Methods in Radioecological Investigations of Nuclear Sites (1999 : Alma-Ata, Kazakhstan)
- Series:
- NATO science series. Disarmament technologies ; Series 1, v. 31.
- NATO science series. Series 1, Disarmament technologies ; vol. 31
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Radioactive pollution--Measurement--Congresses.
- Radioactive pollution.
- Radiation--Measurement--Congresses.
- Radiation.
- Radiation--Measurement.
- Nuclear weapons--Testing--Environmental aspects--Congresses.
- Nuclear weapons.
- Nuclear weapons--Testing--Environmental aspects.
- Nuclear weapons--Testing.
- Radioactive pollution--Measurement.
- Genre:
- Conference papers and proceedings.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (xvii, 256 pages) : illustrations, maps.
- Place of Publication:
- Dordrecht ; Boston : Kluwer Academic Publishers, [2000]
- System Details:
- text file
- Summary:
- 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.
- Contents:
- Preface / C.F.V. Mason
- Acknowledgements / C.F.V. Mason and S.B. Kislitsin
- Greeting from the National Nuclear Centre of the Republic of Kazakhstan / Yu. Cherepnin
- A Path to a Nuclear Future / S.S. Hecker
- Radioecological Issues in the Research Efforts of the RFNC-VNIIEF / R.I. Ilkayev
- 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 / K.K. Kadyrzhanov, V.P. Solodukhin and I.V. Kazachevskiy / [and others]
- Health and Environmental Issues at U.S. Nuclear Test Sites / L.R. Anspaugh.
- Notes:
- "Published in cooperation with NATO Scientific Affairs Division."
- "Proceedings of the NATO Advanced Research Workshop on Nuclear Physical Methods in Radioecological Investigations of Nuclear Test Sites, Almaty, Kazakhstan 7-10 June 1999"--Title page verso.
- Includes bibliographical references.
- Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI Available via World Wide Web.
- Description based on print version record.
- Local Notes:
- Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Rudolph G. Schmieder Fund.
- ISBN:
- 9789401141161
- 9401141169
- Publisher Number:
- 99985961915
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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