Radionuclides : properties, behavior and potential health effects / Nataša Todorović, Jovana Nikolov, editors.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Nikolov, Jovana, editor.

Teodorovič, Nadzeja, editor.

Series:

Environmental science, engineering and technology series.

Environmental science, engineering and technology

Standardized Title:

Radionuclides (Nova Science Publishers)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Radioactive pollution.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (357 pages).

Place of Publication:

New York : Nova Science Publishers, [2020]

Summary:

"Our world has been radioactive ever since! Humans are primarily exposed to natural radiation from the sun, cosmic rays, and naturally-occurring radionuclides found in the Earth's crust. Besides the natural radioactivity, industries, which produce radioactive wastes during their normal operations or during their dismantling and decommissioning processes, do contaminate the environment through the release of radionuclides into the air, soil and water. Among them, nuclear power plants, NORM (Naturally Occurring Radioactive Materials) related industries, hospitals, radionuclide production facilities, uranium mining and other nuclear facilities, along with radioactive/nuclear disposal sites are a potential source of environmental contamination by emission/discharging of natural/artificial radionuclides through water, air and soil to the other environmental compartments like plants, animals and foods. In a word, everything that makes our existence! The book "Radionuclides: Properties, Behavior and Potential Health Effects" is a comprehensive overview of some information on radiation in the environment and human exposure to radioactivity. This book highlights the sources, properties, behaviors, and biological and ecological effects of radioactivity from both natural and anthropogenic sources. The emphasis is on the environmental aspects of radionuclides and their eventual effects on biota, particularly humans"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Gamma dose rate in air due to natural and anthropogenic radionuclides in soil / Hugo Velasco, Grupo de Estudios Ambientales, Instituto de Matemática Aplicada San Luis, IMASL UNSL/CONICET, San Luis, Argentina

A review of the behavior of different radionuclides in sludge from water treatment plants and their radiological implications / Tatiana Baciu, Sandra Peñalver, Carme Aguilar and Francesc Borrull, Unitat de Radioquímica Ambiental i Sanitaria, Departament de Química Analítica i Química Orgànica, Universitat, Rovira i Virgili, Tarragona, Spain

Radioactivity of rocks in several regions of East Georgia / Nodar Kekelidze, Teimuraz Jakhutashvili, Bezhan Tutberidze, Eremia Tulashvili, Mariam Akhalkatsishvili, Lela Mtsariashvili, Manana Chkhaidze and Irina Ambokadze, Faculty of Exact and Natural Sciences, Ivane Javakhishvili Tbilisi State University, Tbilisi, Georgia.

Notes:

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1-5361-7380-0