Airborne radioactive discharges and human health effects : an introduction /

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Bryant, Peter A. (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Bristol [England] (Temple Circus, Temple Way, Bristol BS1 6HG, UK) : IOP Publishing, [2019]
Colección:IOP (Series). Release 6.
IOP expanding physics.
Temas:
Radioactive pollution of the atmosphere.
Radioactive fallout > Health aspects.
Medical physics.
SCIENCE / Radiation.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • 1. Radiation physics and the structure of matter
  • 1.1. The structure of the atom
  • 1.2. Mass, atomic numbers and isotopes
  • 1.3. Ionising radiation
  • 1.4. Mechanism of radioactive decay
  • 1.5. Decay chains and equilibrium
  • 1.6. The nuclide chart
  • 1.7. Types of radioactive decay
  • 1.8. Penetrating powers of ionising radiation
  • 1.9. Summary
  • 2. Sources of radioactive discharges
  • 2.1. Discharges from civil nuclear industry
  • 2.2. Discharges from other nuclear facilities
  • 2.3. Discharges from non-nuclear facilities
  • 2.4. Physiochemical form and duration of radioactive discharges
  • 2.5. Source term
  • 2.6. Summary
  • 3. Aerosol physics and dispersion modelling
  • 3.1. Aerosols--particulate size and particulate concentration
  • 3.2. Aerosol stability
  • 3.3. Aerosol motion without external forces
  • 3.4. Sedimentation
  • 3.5. Diffusion and the Gaussian plume
  • 3.6. Dispersion modelling
  • 3.7. Summary
  • 4. Exposure pathways
  • 4.1. The human environment
  • 4.2. Cloudshine from the plume of radioactivity
  • 4.3. Groundshine from the deposited particulate
  • 4.4. Inhalation of aerosols
  • 4.5. Ingestion of contaminated food products
  • 4.6. Representative person
  • 4.7. Novel pathways
  • 4.8. Impacts to flora and fauna as a result of radioactive discharges
  • 4.9. Summary
  • 5. Principles of dose and biological effects of radiation
  • 5.1. Absorbed dose
  • 5.2. Equivalent dose
  • 5.3. Effective dose
  • 5.4. Basic human physiology
  • 5.5. Cell biology
  • 5.6. Deterministic effects
  • 5.7. Stochastic effects
  • 5.8. Dose conversion coefficients
  • 5.9. Doses in the context of radioactive discharges
  • 5.10. Summary
  • 6. Environmental monitoring systems
  • 6.1. Sampling radioactive discharges at source
  • 6.2. Sampling of radioactive discharges in the environment
  • 6.3. Summary
  • 7. Radiation detection and measurement
  • 7.1. Gas based detectors
  • 7.2. Semiconductor detectors
  • 7.3. Scintillation detectors
  • 7.4. Counting systems versus spectroscopy
  • 7.5. Typical applications of detector technologies
  • 7.6. Criteria for selecting the right detector
  • 7.7. Summary
  • 8. International legislation and standards
  • 8.1. International commission on radiological protection (ICRP) recommendations and standards
  • 8.2. International conventions, standards and directives
  • 8.3. The EURATOM treaty and directives
  • 8.4. Summary
  • 9. UK regulation and guidance
  • 9.1. Environmental permitting regulations
  • 9.2. Environmental Authorisations (Scotland) regulations
  • 9.3. Nuclear installations act
  • 9.4. Ionising radiations regulations
  • 9.5. Radiation (emergency preparedness and public information) regulations
  • 9.6. Impact of BREXIT
  • 9.7. Summary.

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