| Description |
1 online resource (xv, 402 pages) : illustrations (some color), color portraits |
| Series |
Series on environmental science and management ; v. 5 |
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Series on environmental science and management ; v. 5.
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| Contents |
Section 1. Background. ch. 1. Introduction -- Section 2. Methods. ch. 2. Experimental protocols. ch. 3. Modelling radionuclide transport and uptake in vegetated soils -- Section 3. Results. ch. 4. Radiochlorine ch. 5. Radioiodine. ch. 6. Technetium. ch. 7. Radioselenium. ch. 8. Radiocations -- Section 4. Conclusions nand Recommendations. ch. 9. Conclusions |
| Summary |
The safety assessment of a deep repository for nuclear waste poses challenging scientific and technical questions. The risks from leakage of radionuclides from the repository, including transfers to the biosphere and the food chain must be assessed. This involves complex and poorly understood interactions between groundwater, soils, plants and the atmosphere. A unique, multidisciplinary experimental and modeling program at Imperial College London has been funded by UK NIREX to develop the science and to produce modeling tools to interpret and generalize the experimental data for safety assessment. This monograph brings together for the first time the accumulated results and experience from almost two decades of research. The results have important implications for the safety assessment of nuclear waste worldwide and provide new insights into the geochemical and biological controls on the upwards migration of radiochemicals in the near-surface environment |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL |
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English |
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digitized 2010 HathiTrust Digital Library committed to preserve pda MiAaHDL |
| Subject |
Radioactive waste disposal in the ground -- Environmental aspects
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Radioactive pollution.
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Radioisotopes -- Migration.
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Soil pollution.
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Biosphere.
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soil pollution.
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TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING -- Environmental -- Pollution Control.
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Biosphere
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Radioactive pollution
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Radioactive waste disposal in the ground -- Environmental aspects
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Radioisotopes -- Migration
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Soil pollution
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Wheater, Howard
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| ISBN |
1860949487 |
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9781860949487 |
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1281867535 |
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9781281867537 |
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9786611867539 |
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6611867538 |
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