Uranium : characteristics, occurrence, and human exposure /

Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Vasiliev, Alik Ya (Editor ), Sidorov, Mikhail (Editor )
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York : Nova Publishers, [2012]
Colección:Chemistry research and applications series.
Temas:
Uranium.
Groundwater > Pollution.
Uranium > Environmental aspects.
Uranium > Health aspects.
Eau souterraine > Pollution.
Uranium > Aspect de l'environnement.
uranium.
SCIENCE > Chemistry > Inorganic.
Radiation > Health aspects.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • URANIUM: CHARACTERISTICS, OCCURRENCE AND HUMAN EXPOSURE; URANIUM: CHARACTERISTICS, OCCURRENCE AND HUMAN EXPOSURE; Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data; CONTENTS; PREFACE; Chapter 1: NATURALLY OCCURRING URANIUM IN GROUNDWATER OF THE NORTH WESTERN SAHARA AQUIFER SYSTEM (NORTHERN AFRICA); ABSTRACT; 1. INTRODUCTION; 2. URANIUM GEOCHEMISTRY; 2.1. Chemical Properties; 2.2. Mobilization and Transport of Uranium in Solution; 2.3. Mobilization and Transport in the Colloidal Phase; 3. URANIUM IN AQUIFER SYSTEMS; 3.1. Isotopic Fractioning in Aquifer Systems.
  • 3.2. Water-Rock Interaction in Groundwater3.3. Tracing of Aquifers; 3.4. Redox Fronts; 3.5. Groundwater Datation; 4. ANALYTICAL METHODS; 5. CASE STUDY: NORTH-WERTERN SAHARA AQUIFER SYSTEM (NORTH AFRICA); 5.1. Site Description; 5.2. Results and Discussion; CONCLUSION; REFERENCES; Chapter 2: ANTHROPOGENIC SOURCES OF URANIUM IN SERBIA
  • RISK ASSESSMENT ON ENVIRONMENT AND HUMAN HEALTH; ABSTRACT; 1. INTRODUCTION
  • NATURAL OCCURRENCE OF URANIUM; 2. URANIUM IN THE ENVIRONMENT
  • NORM / TENORM; 2.1. Sources of NORM and TENORM in Serbia; 3. NORM AND TENORM IN PHOSPHATE INDUSTRY.
  • 3.1. Effect of Long-Term Application of Phosphorus Fertilizers on Soil3.2. Uranium Uptake of Plants due to the Application of Phosphate Fertilizers; 3.3. Available Forms of Uranium from Phosphate Fertilizer; 4. DEPLETED URANIUM
  • CHARACTERISTICS; 4.1. Use of DU Ammunition in Past Wars; 4.2. Conduct of Depleted Uranium Ammunition after Launching; 4.3. Monitoring of Radioactivity in Serbian Territory; 5. HEALTH ASPECTS OF DEPLETED URANIUM; 5.1. "Invisible Threat "of Depleted Uranium in Serbia after Military Conflict in 1999; 6. HYBRID TECHNOLOGIES FOR REMEDIATION OF URANIUM POLLUTED SOILS.
  • 6.1. Methods and Techniques for Uranium RemovalCONCLUSION; ACKNOWLEDGMENT; REFERENCES; Chapter 3: URANIUM MINING IN PORTUGAL: FROM UNMINED URANIUM ORESTO MINING WASTE DEPOSITS; ABSTRACT; INTRODUCTION; HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE OF MINING; GEOLOGICAL SETTING OF URANIUM-RICH GRANITES; Late-Variscan-Alpine Faulting; VEIN TYPE PORTUGUESE URANIUM DEPOSITS; URANIUM EXPLORATION IN PORTUGAL; History of Exploration; Principles of the Exploration Tools Used; New Developments in Exploration; URANIUM ORE PROCESSING HISTORY IN PORTUGAL; ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES RELATED WITH RADIOACTIVE DEPOSITS.
  • Exposure in Uranium RegionsOVERVIEW OF THE URANIUM WASTE MANAGEMENT IN PORTUGAL; CONCLUSION; REFERENCES; Chapter 4: LASER-INDUCED NUCLEAR DECAYS IN URANIUM ISOTOPES; ABSTRACT; INTRODUCTION; GENERATION OF NANOPARTICLES UNDER LASER ABLATION OF SOLIDS IN LIQUIDS; NANO-STRUCTURES FORMATION UNDER LASER EXPOSURE IN LIQUIDS; AQUEOUS SOLUTIONS OF URANIL-IONS; LASER EXPOSURE OF AQUEOUS SOLUTIONS OF URANIL-CHLORIDE WITH AU NANOPARTICLES; FEMTOSECOND TI: SAPPHIRE LASER; PICOSECOND ND: YAG LASER; SECOND HARMONICS (532 NM); THIRD HARMONICS (355 NM)

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