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Radioactive contamination in residential areas /

For many decades, investigations of the behaviour and implications of radioactive contamination in the environment have focused on agricultural areas and food production. This was due to the erroneous assumption that the consequences of credible contaminating incidents would be restricted to rural a...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Andersson, Kasper G.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Oxford : Elsevier Science, 2008.
Colección:Radioactivity in the environment.
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Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Foreword (K.G. Andersson)
  • 1. Potential Sources of Contamination in Inhabited Areas (R. Mustonen)
  • 2. The Dispersion, Deposition and Resuspension of Atmospheric Contamination in the Outdoor Urban Environment (K.W. Nicholson)
  • 3. Airborne Contamination inside Dwellings (M.A. Byrne)
  • 4. Contamination of Humans: in Respiratory Tract and on Body Surfaces (M.A. Byrne)
  • 5. Migration of Radionuclides on Outdoor Surfaces (K.G. Andersson)
  • 6. Estimation of Doses in Inhabited Areas (K.G. Andersson, J.A. Jones, and T.W. Charnock)
  • 7. Measurement and Screening of Ccontaminated Inhabited Areas (P. Zombori)
  • 8. Countermeasures for Reduction of Dose in Contaminated Inhabited Areas (K.G. Andersson)
  • 9. Non-Radiological Perspectives
  • Holistic Value Assessment of Countermeasure Strategies (D.H. Oughton, and E.-M. Forsberg)
  • 10. Strategies for Restoration of Contaminated Inhabited Areas (K.G. Andersson)
  • Concluding Remarks (K.G. Andersson).