Natural Radioactivity

Author : Merrill Eisenbud
Publisher : Elsevier
ISBN 13 : 0080505805
Total Pages : 683 pages
Book Rating : 4.00/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Environmental Radioactivity from Natural, Industrial and Military Sources written by Merrill Eisenbud and published by Elsevier. This book was released on 1997-03-26 with total page 683 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Environmental Radioactivity from Natural, Industrial, and Military Sources is the comprehensive source of information on radiation in the environment and human exposure to radioactivity. This Fourth Edition isa complete revision and extension of the classic work, reflecting major new developments and concerns as the Cold War ended, nuclear weapons began to be dismantled, and cleanup of the nuclear weapons facilities assumed center stage. Contamination from accidents involving weapons, reactors, and radionuclide sources are discussed in an updated chapter, including the latest information about the effects of the Chernobyl accident. Important revisions are also made to the chapters on natural radioactivity, nuclear fuels and power reactors, radioactive waste management, and various other sources of exposure. Several chapters provide primers for readers who may not be familiar with the fundamentals of radiation biology, protection standards, and pathways for the environmental transport of radionuclides. An Appendix lists the properties of the more important radionuclides found in the environment. The book concludes with a commentary on contemporary social aspects of radiation exposure and risks that offers analternative view to current, often excessive concerns over radiation, nuclear technology, and waste. Describes every important source of environmental radioactivity Reviews the vexing problems of radioactive waste management and clean-up of contaminated sites Contains measured or projected radiation dose estimates for the major sources Features 126 figures, 80 tables, and more than 1200 references Discusses current problems in historical context The two authors bring more than 75 years of combined experience with environmental radioactivity Provides an understanding of the sources of environmental radioactivity and human exposure from the mining of ores to final disposal of wastes Thoroughly reviews important contamination accidents

Author : National Research Council
Publisher : National Academies Press
ISBN 13 : 0309062977
Total Pages : 293 pages
Book Rating : 4.78/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Evaluation of Guidelines for Exposures to Technologically Enhanced Naturally Occurring Radioactive Materials written by National Research Council and published by National Academies Press. This book was released on 1999-02-25 with total page 293 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Naturally occurring radionuclides are found throughout the earth's crust, and they form part of the natural background of radiation to which all humans are exposed. Many human activities-such as mining and milling of ores, extraction of petroleum products, use of groundwater for domestic purposes, and living in houses-alter the natural background of radiation either by moving naturally occurring radionuclides from inaccessible locations to locations where humans are present or by concentrating the radionuclides in the exposure environment. Such alterations of the natural environment can increase, sometimes substantially, radiation exposures of the public. Exposures of the public to naturally occurring radioactive materials (NORM) that result from human activities that alter the natural environment can be subjected to regulatory control, at least to some degree. The regulation of public exposures to such technologically enhanced naturally occurring radioactive materials (TENORM) by the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and other regulatory and advisory organizations is the subject of this study by the National Research Council's Committee on the Evaluation of EPA Guidelines for Exposures to Naturally Occurring Radioactive Materials.

Author : Richard Tykva
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN 13 : 9401704961
Total Pages : 421 pages
Book Rating : 4.60/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Man-Made and Natural Radioactivity in Environmental Pollution and Radiochronology written by Richard Tykva and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2013-03-14 with total page 421 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The goal of this book is to examine the complex state of radioactivity in the environment, and to understand the interplay of its two principal sources: man-made and natural. The text examines human contributions to release of radionuclides, with an eye to future reductions, and assesses natural occurrences in an evaluation of baseline radioactivity.

Author : J.P. McLaughlin
Publisher : Elsevier
ISBN 13 : 0080457916
Total Pages : 1216 pages
Book Rating : 4.18/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Natural Radiation Environment VII written by J.P. McLaughlin and published by Elsevier. This book was released on 2005-03-30 with total page 1216 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Natural Radiation Environment Symposium (NRE VII), the Seventh in the NRE series, which commenced forty years ago in 1963 at Rice University Texas, was held in Rhodes (Greece) in May 2002. During the intervening four decades the research work presented at these NRE Symposia has contributed to a deeper understanding of natural radiation and in particular of its contribution to human radiation exposures.It is clear from the quality and diversity of the 143 papers in this volume of Radioactivity in the Environment series that the study of the natural radiation environment is an active and continually expanding field of research. The papers in this volume fall into a number of main and topical research areas namely: the measurement and behaviour of natural radionuclides in the environment cosmic radiation measurement and dosimetry the external penetrating radiation field at ground level TENR (Technologically Enhanced Natural Radiation) and NORM (Naturally Occurring Radioactive Materials) studies assessment of the health effects of radon regulatory aspects of natural radiation exposures In these papers the results of many new surveys of natural radionuclide levels in the environment and of improved methods of detection are described. While some of the natural radiation sources investigated are unmodified by human activity, many accounts are given here of exposures to natural sources which have been enhanced by technology. Such TENR and NORM exposures are shown to range from activities such as mining, oil and gas exploitation, the use of industrial by-products as building materials, to space travel to name but a few. In several cases quite high doses to some individuals are shown to occur. Accounts are given here of methods to prevent and reduce exposures to such sources.

Author : Jacob Kastner
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 60 pages
Book Rating : 4.64/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Natural Radiation Environment written by Jacob Kastner and published by . This book was released on 1968 with total page 60 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Jack K Horner
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
ISBN 13 : 0429689160
Total Pages : 392 pages
Book Rating : 4.61/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Natural Radioactivity In Water Supplies written by Jack K Horner and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 2021-11-18 with total page 392 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: There is little disagreement that the potential effects of water contamination on human health and the environment should not be ignored, even though the exact nature of those effects is not yet fully understood. That permanently incapacitating and even lethal substances (asbestos, for example) have, in ignorance, been introduced into the environment may become apparent only decades after their introduction. A new principle in water quality regulation is emerging in response to awareness of these dangers: An individual or organization can be held accountable for hazards to human health or for degradation of the environment created by the introduction of a substance, even if the individual or organization is not the source of that substance, even if no regulation of the substance currently exists, and even if the substance is not known to be hazardous or to degrade the environment at the time its release occurs. This book outlines the scientific aspects of the control of natural radioactivity in water supplies, as well as the labyrinthine uncertainties in water quality regulation concerning natural radiocontamination of water. The author provides an introduction to the theory of natural radioactivity, addresses risk assessment, describes sources and effects of natural radiocontamination of water, surveys federal water law concerning natural radiocontamination, and presents an account of how one city dealt with the perplexities that mark this rapidly evolving area of water quality regulation.

Author : Alfred W. Klement
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 136 pages
Book Rating : 4.55/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Natural Environmental Radioactivity written by Alfred W. Klement and published by . This book was released on 1965 with total page 136 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Donald T. Oakley
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 86 pages
Book Rating : 4.36/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Natural Radiation Exposure in the United States written by Donald T. Oakley and published by . This book was released on 1972 with total page 86 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Arthur J. Jelinek
Publisher : U OF M MUSEUM ANTHRO ARCHAEOLOGY
ISBN 13 : 1949098206
Total Pages : 106 pages
Book Rating : 4.04/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Studies in the Natural Radioactivity of Prehistoric Materials written by Arthur J. Jelinek and published by U OF M MUSEUM ANTHRO ARCHAEOLOGY. This book was released on 1965-01-01 with total page 106 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : John Nicholas Rosholt
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 322 pages
Book Rating : 4.84/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Natural Radioactive Disequilibrium of the Uranium Series written by John Nicholas Rosholt and published by . This book was released on 1959 with total page 322 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This report concerns work done on behalf of the U.S. Atomic Energy Commission and is published with the permission of the Commission.