Atmospheric Radioactivity And Fallout Research

Author : U.S. Atomic Energy Commission. Division of Biology and Medicine
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 82 pages
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Download or read book Atmospheric Radioactivity and Fallout Research written by U.S. Atomic Energy Commission. Division of Biology and Medicine and published by . This book was released on 1961 with total page 82 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Includes individual descriptive summaries of research underway by the Division of Biology and Medicine of the U.S. Atomic Energy Commission. The summaries were provided by the principal investigator of each project.

Author : Y.A. Izrael
Publisher : Elsevier
ISBN 13 : 9780080540238
Total Pages : 298 pages
Book Rating : 4.36/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Radioactive Fallout after Nuclear Explosions and Accidents written by Y.A. Izrael and published by Elsevier. This book was released on 2002-06-20 with total page 298 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: To achieve successful solutions to the problems resulting from local, distant and global radioactive fallout after nuclear explosions and accidents and to achieve successful retrospective analyses of the radiation conditions from recent observations, certain information is needed: the distribution of the exposure dose rate in the atmosphere and in a country; the distribution of radionuclides in natural environments and the nuclide composition of the radioactive fallout; the features of formation of the aerosol particle-carriers of the radioactivity and of the nuclide distribution of the particles of different sizes formed under different conditions; the processes involved in the migration of radioactive products in different zones and environments; the external and internal effects of nuclear radiation on human beings. This monograph is devoted to a number of these problems, namely, to studies of the radioactive fallout composition, the formation of the aerosol particles that transport the radioactive products and to the analysis of the external radiation doses resulting from nuclear explosions and/or accidents. Problems of restoration and rehabilitation of contaminated land areas are also touched upon in the monograph. To solve such problems one requires knowledge of the mobility of radionuclides, an understanding of their uptake by plants, their transportation within the food chain and finally their uptake by animal and/or human organisms. The results of many years of study of radioactive fallout from atmospheric and underground nuclear explosions and accidents are summarized in this book. It is intended for various specialists - geophysicists, ecologists, health experts and inspectors, as well as those who are concerned with radioactive contamination of natural environments.

Author : J. Z. Holland
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 42 pages
Book Rating : 4.38/5 ( download)

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Download or read book AEC Atmospheric Radioactivity Studies written by J. Z. Holland and published by . This book was released on 1959 with total page 42 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : United States. Congress. Joint Committee on Atomic Energy
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 84 pages
Book Rating : 4.52/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Fallout from Nuclear Weapons Tests written by United States. Congress. Joint Committee on Atomic Energy and published by . This book was released on 1960 with total page 84 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Focuses on impact of Soviet nuclear tests on levels of radioactive contamination in U.S. Includes numerous scientific papers analyzing type, distribution, and concentration levels of radioactivity attributable to fallout from weapon testing; v.2: Continuation of hearings on public health impact of radiation fallout due to nuclear weapons tests programs. v.3: Contains supplemental submitted materials on the problems of hotspots and short-lived isotopes of radioactive fallout from nuclear weapons tests.

Author : Charles S. Shapiro
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN 13 : 366203610X
Total Pages : 285 pages
Book Rating : 4.05/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Atmospheric Nuclear Tests written by Charles S. Shapiro and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2013-06-29 with total page 285 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Radionuclides produced by past nuclear weapon test explosions comprise the largest source of anthropogenic radioactivity released into the earth's atmosphere to date. This volume presents data and models about the fate of the released radionuclides and their possible effects on human health. It is divided into the following three parts: - Source Term Studies; - Dose Reconstruction; - Ecological and Health Effects, and comprises both Western and formerly secret Soviet research studies, illuminates past and current research.

Author : Fred Solomon
Publisher : National Academies Press
ISBN 13 : 9780309078665
Total Pages : 609 pages
Book Rating : 4.60/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Medical Implications of Nuclear War written by Fred Solomon and published by National Academies Press. This book was released on 1986-01-15 with total page 609 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Written by world-renowned scientists, this volume portrays the possible direct and indirect devastation of human health from a nuclear attack. The most comprehensive work yet produced on this subject, The Medical Implications of Nuclear War includes an overview of the potential environmental and physical effects of nuclear bombardment, describes the problems of choosing who among the injured would get the scarce medical care available, addresses the nuclear arms race from a psychosocial perspective, and reviews the medical needs--in contrast to the medical resources likely to be available--after a nuclear attack. "It should serve as the definitive statement on the consequences of nuclear war."--Arms Control Today

Author : U.S. Atomic Energy Commission. Division of Biology and Medicine
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 108 pages
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Download or read book Atmospheric Radioactivity and Fallout Research written by U.S. Atomic Energy Commission. Division of Biology and Medicine and published by . This book was released on 1962 with total page 108 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : National Research Council
Publisher : National Academies Press
ISBN 13 : 0309096731
Total Pages : 146 pages
Book Rating : 4.37/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Effects of Nuclear Earth-Penetrator and Other Weapons written by National Research Council and published by National Academies Press. This book was released on 2005-10-06 with total page 146 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Underground facilities are used extensively by many nations to conceal and protect strategic military functions and weapons' stockpiles. Because of their depth and hardened status, however, many of these strategic hard and deeply buried targets could only be put at risk by conventional or nuclear earth penetrating weapons (EPW). Recently, an engineering feasibility study, the robust nuclear earth penetrator program, was started by DOE and DOD to determine if a more effective EPW could be designed using major components of existing nuclear weapons. This activity has created some controversy about, among other things, the level of collateral damage that would ensue if such a weapon were used. To help clarify this issue, the Congress, in P.L. 107-314, directed the Secretary of Defense to request from the NRC a study of the anticipated health and environmental effects of nuclear earth-penetrators and other weapons and the effect of both conventional and nuclear weapons against the storage of biological and chemical weapons. This report provides the results of those analyses. Based on detailed numerical calculations, the report presents a series of findings comparing the effectiveness and expected collateral damage of nuclear EPW and surface nuclear weapons under a variety of conditions.

Author : National Research Council
Publisher : National Academies Press
ISBN 13 : 0309096103
Total Pages : 431 pages
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Download or read book Assessment of the Scientific Information for the Radiation Exposure Screening and Education Program written by National Research Council and published by National Academies Press. This book was released on 2005-10-01 with total page 431 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Radiation Exposure Compensation Act (RECA) was set up by Congress in 1990 to compensate people who have been diagnosed with specified cancers and chronic diseases that could have resulted from exposure to nuclear-weapons tests at various U.S. test sites. Eligible claimants include civilian onsite participants, downwinders who lived in areas currently designated by RECA, and uranium workers and ore transporters who meet specified residence or exposure criteria. The Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA), which oversees the screening, education, and referral services program for RECA populations, asked the National Academies to review its program and assess whether new scientific information could be used to improve its program and determine if additional populations or geographic areas should be covered under RECA. The report recommends Congress should establish a new science-based process using a method called "probability of causation/assigned share" (PC/AS) to determine eligibility for compensation. Because fallout may have been higher for people outside RECA-designated areas, the new PC/AS process should apply to all residents of the continental US, Alaska, Hawaii, and overseas US territories who have been diagnosed with specific RECA-compensable diseases and who may have been exposed, even in utero, to radiation from U.S. nuclear-weapons testing fallout. However, because the risks of radiation-induced disease are generally low at the exposure levels of concern in RECA populations, in most cases it is unlikely that exposure to radioactive fallout was a substantial contributing cause of cancer.

Author : United States. Defense Atomic Support Agency
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 754 pages
Book Rating : 4.0O/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Effects of Nuclear Weapons written by United States. Defense Atomic Support Agency and published by . This book was released on 1962 with total page 754 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: