Uranium : sources, exposure and environmental effects / editors, Joyce R. Nelson.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Nelson, Joyce R., editor.

Series:

Nuclear materials and disaster research.

Nuclear Materials and Disaster Research

Standardized Title:

Uranium (2015)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Uranium--Environmental aspects.

Uranium.

Uranium mines and mining.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (290 p.)

Place of Publication:

New York, [New York] ; : Nova Publishers, 2015.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Uranium is a naturally occurring, ubiquitous heavy metal. In various chemical forms, natural uranium is found in all soils, rocks, seas and oceans. It is also present in drinking water and food. Uranium was discovered in 1781 by Klaprot, a pharmacist in Berlin, in the Joachisthal silver mines. This book starts with a short history of uranium. It continues with the legacy of uranium mining and the authors go on to discuss the environmental and health effects of depleted uranium, which has the unique potential to threaten all natural resources, including human society because of its radiotoxic e

Contents:

URANIUM:SOURCES, EXPOSURE ANDENVIRONMENTAL EFFECTS; URANIUM:SOURCES, EXPOSURE ANDENVIRONMENTAL EFFECTS; Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data; CONTENTS; PREFACE; Chapter 1:A SHORT HISTORY OF URANIUM; ABSTRACT; INTRODUCTION; THE DISCOVERY OF URANIUM; THE DISCOVERY OF RADIOACTIVITY; TREATMENT OF URANIUM RESIDUES; SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH AND MINOR INDUSTRIAL OPERATIONS; THE END OF THE RADIUM INDUSTRY; A NEW BEGINNING FOR THE URANIUM INDUSTRY; TRANS-URANIUM ELEMENTS; REFERENCES; Chapter 2:THE LEGACY OF URANIUM MINING:FARMING ON NON-REMEDIABLEMETALLIFEROUS SOILS?; ABSTRACT

1. INTRODUCTION2. CAREER OF A METAL; 3. LAND CONSUME; 4. HERITAGE OF ONSITE URANIUM LEACHING; 5. SEELINGSTÄDT MINES; SUMMARY AND OUTLOOK; REFERENCES; Chapter 3:ENVIRONMENTAL AND HEALTH EFFECTSOF DEPLETED URANIUM; ABBREVIATIONS; 1. INTRODUCTION; 2. ENVIRONMENTAL EFFECTS OF DEPLETED URANIUM; 3. HEALTH EFFECTS OF DEPLETED URANIUM; CONCLUSION; REFERENCES; Chapter 4:MATRIX INFLUENCE ON LOW URANIUMCONCENTRATION DETERMINATION; ABSTRACT; 1. INTRODUCTION; 2. THE TRLFS METHOD AND SYSTEM USED FOR MEASUREMENTS; 3. CONCENTRATION MEASUREMENTS; 4. TIME RESOLVED MEASUREMENTS; CONCLUSION; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

REFERENCESChapter 5:HYDROMETALLURGY OF PHOSPHATE ROCK ANDTHE RECOVERY OF URANIUM; ABSTRACT; INTRODUCTION; URANIUM IN PHOSPHATES; RECOVERY FROM PHOSPHORIC ACID; TREATMENT OF PHOSPHATE ROCK WITH SULFURIC ACID; NITRIC ACID PROCESS; HYDROMETALLURGY AND THE PHOSPHATE INDUSTRY; CONCLUSION; REFERENCES; Chapter 6:URANIUM IN THE ENVIRONMENT AND IN THEPOPULATION OF THE CZECH REPUBLIC; ABSTRACT; INTRODUCTION; HISTORY AND PRESENT STATE OF URANIUM MINING ANDPROSPECTING IN THE CZECH REPUBLIC; MONITORING OF URANIUM IN THE ENVIRONMENT; RADIOACTIVITY IN BUILDING MATERIAL; URANIUM IN DRINKING WATER

URANIUM IN PEOPLE IN THE CZECH REPUBLICCONCLUSION; ACKNOWLEDGMENT; REFERENCES; Chapter 7:URANIUM SPATIO-TEMPORAL VARIABILITY INGROUNDWATER - AN ENVIRONMENTAL RISKASSESSMENT CASE STUDY; ABSTRACT; INTRODUCTION; ÁGUEDA WATERSHED; METHODOLOGY; RESULTS; CONCLUSION; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; REFERENCES; Chapter 8:URANIUM ISOTOPES IN GROUNDAND SURFACE WATERS OF BARREIRO, ARAXÁ,MINAS GERAIS STATE, BRAZIL; ABSTRACT; INTRODUCTION; ARAXÁ CITY AND RADIOACTIVITY AT BARREIRO AREA; U-ISOTOPES SURVEY IN WATERS OCCURRINGAT BARREIRO AREA; U-ISOTOPES ANALYSIS; U-ISOTOPES IN SURFACE WATERS; U-ISOTOPES IN GROUNDWATER

CONCLUSIONACKNOWLEDGMENTS; REFERENCES; Chapter 9:THERMODYNAMIC PROPERTIESOF URANIUM MINERALS; ABSTRACT; INTRODUCTION; GEOLOGY OF URANIUM DEPOSITS; URANIUM MINERALS; CONCLUSION; REFERENCES; Chapter 10:MICROBIAL URANIUM RESISTANCEAND REMEDIATION; ABSTRACT; INTRODUCTION; REFERENCES; Chapter 11:A NEW THIN-FILM APPROACH TO MAKINGNUCLEAR FUEL RESEARCH ACCESSIBLE; ABSTRACT; 1. INTRODUCTION; 2. NUCLEAR FUEL RESEARCH; CONCLUSION; ACKNOWLEDGMENT; REFERENCES; Blank Page; INDEX

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Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1-63482-866-6