Biosphere implications of deep disposal of nuclear waste : the upwards migration of radionuclides in vegetated soils /

Biosphere implications of deep disposal of nuclear waste : the upwards migration of radionuclides in vegetated soils /

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Imprint:	London : Imperial College Press, ©2007.
Description:	1 online resource (xv, 402 pages) : illustrations (some color), color portraits.
Language:	English
Series:	Series on environmental science and management ; v. 5 Series on environmental science and management ; v. 5.
Subject:	Radioactive waste disposal in the ground -- Environmental aspects. Radioactive pollution. Radioisotopes -- Migration. Soil pollution. Biosphere. Biosphere. Radioactive pollution. Radioactive waste disposal in the ground -- Environmental aspects. Radioisotopes -- Migration. Soil pollution. Electronic books.
Format:	E-Resource Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11283616

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Other authors / contributors:	Wheater, Howard.
ISBN:	1860949487 9781860949487 9781860947438 1860947433 1281867535 9781281867537 9786611867539 6611867538
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references and index. Restrictions unspecified Electronic reproduction. [S.l.] : HathiTrust Digital Library, 2010. 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 English. digitized 2010 HathiTrust Digital Library committed to preserve
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.
Other form:	Print version: Biosphere implications of deep disposal of nuclear waste. London : Imperial College Press, ©2007 9781860947438

Table of 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.