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Radioecology and the Restoration of Radioactive-Contaminated Sites (Paperback, Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 1996)
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Radioecology and the Restoration of Radioactive-Contaminated Sites (Paperback, Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 1996)
Series: NATO Science Partnership Subseries: 2, 13
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Most of the nuclear facilities built since the Second World War
have ceased active operation and have been decommissioned. Some of
the sites are heavily contaminated with radioactive substances.
Correct and efficient action to mitigate the radiological
consequences of such contamination will only be possible when the
behaviour of radionuclides in the terrestrial environment is
sufficiently well known. Yet radioecologists often find it
difficult to study the transfer of radioactivity in agricultural
land and semi-natural ecosystems, because of the complexity and
diversity of such environments. The present book presents an
analysis of all the factors that affect the behaviour of
radionuclides as they move from their point of release through the
environment and then enter the tissues of biota living in the
ecosystems, in particular plants and animals consumed by humans.
The course on which the book is based was held in a region that is
heavily contaminated by radioactive discharges into the environment
during nuclear weapons fabrication in the 1950s and '60s, and due
to a severe accidental release following the explosion of a
rad-waste tank in 1957. This allowed in situ training of the
students. The book's main emphasis is on specific radioecological
problems in severely contaminated areas in the former Soviet Union:
the Southern Urals Trail, the rivers Techa-Isert-Tobol-Irtis-Ob,
and the 30 km zone around Chernobyl. Systems examined include
soils, arable and pasture land, forests, lakes and rivers. Special
attention is paid to the effects of radiation on natural
ecosystems: trees, soil-dwelling organisms, and aquatic organisms.
Synergistic effects are also considered. Short, medium and long
term countermeasures are discussed.
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