Handbook Of Parameter Values For The Prediction Of Radionuclide Transfer To Wildlife

Author : International Atomic Energy Agency
Publisher : International Atomic Energy Agency
Page : 220 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 2014
Category : Science
ISBN : 9201007140

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Handbook of Parameter Values for the Prediction of Radionuclide Transfer to Wildlife by International Atomic Energy Agency Pdf

This handbook provides generic parameter values for estimating the transfer of radionuclides from environmental media to wildlife for the purpose of assessing potential radiation exposure under equilibrium conditions. These data are intended for use where site specific data are either not available or not required, and to parameterize generic assessment models. They are based on a comprehensive review of the available literature, including many Russian language publications that have not previously been available in English. The publication addresses the limitations of the parameter values and the applicability of data. Some general background information on the assessment of potential impacts of radioactive releases on wildlife is also included. It complements the existing handbook in the same IAEA series with parameter to assess the radiological impact to humans.

Author : International Atomic Energy Agency
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 2010
Category : Science
ISBN : 9201130090

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Handbook of Parameter Values for the Prediction of Radionuclide Transfer in Terrestrial and Freshwater Environments by International Atomic Energy Agency Pdf

Provides data for use in assessments of routine discharges of radionuclides to terrestrial and freshwater environments. Some of the data may also be useful for assessing the impacts of accidental releases and releases in the future.

Author : International Atomic Energy Agency
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 88 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 1994
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : STANFORD:36105016433638

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Handbook of Parameter Values for the Prediction of Radionuclide Transfer in Temperate Environments by International Atomic Energy Agency Pdf

This handbook has been produced in collaboration with the International Union of Radioecologists. It should serve as a convenient and authoritative reference for radionuclide transfer parameter values used in biospheric assessment models. It supplements Safety Series No. 57 (1982), Generic Models and Parameters for Assessing the Environmental Transfer of Radio- nuclides from Routine Releases.

Author : Clemens Walther,Dharmendra K. Gupta
Publisher : Springer
Page : 273 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 2015-10-30
Category : Science
ISBN : 9783319221717

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Radionuclides in the Environment by Clemens Walther,Dharmendra K. Gupta Pdf

This book provides extensive and comprehensive information to researchers and academicians who are interested in radionuclide contamination, its sources and environmental impact. It is also useful for graduate and undergraduate students specializing in radioactive-waste disposal and its impact on natural as well as manmade environments. A number of sites are affected by large legacies of waste from the mining and processing of radioactive minerals. Over recent decades, several hundred radioactive isotopes (radioisotopes) of natural elements have been produced artificially, including 90Sr, 137Cs and 131I. Several other anthropogenic radioactive elements have also been produced in large quantities, for example technetium, neptunium, plutonium and americium, although plutonium does occur naturally in trace amounts in uranium ores. The deposition of radionuclides on vegetation and soil, as well as the uptake from polluted aquifers (root uptake or irrigation) are the initial point for their transfer into the terrestrial environment and into food chains. There are two principal deposition processes for the removal of pollutants from the atmosphere: dry deposition is the direct transfer through absorption of gases and particles by natural surfaces, such as vegetation, whereas showery or wet deposition is the transport of a substance from the atmosphere to the ground by snow, hail or rain. Once deposited on any vegetation, radionuclides are removed from plants by the airstre am and rain, either through percolation or by cuticular scratch. The increase in biomass during plant growth does not cause a loss of activity, but it does lead to a decrease in activity concentration due to effective dilution. There is also systemic transport (translocation) of radionuclides within the plant subsequent to foliar uptake, leading the transfer of chemical components to other parts of the plant that have not been contaminated directly.

Author : J.R. Twining,M. Baxter
Publisher : Elsevier
Page : 366 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 2012-10-18
Category : Medical
ISBN : 9780080450162

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Tropical Radioecology by J.R. Twining,M. Baxter Pdf

Tropical Radioecology is a guide to the wide range of scientific practices and principles of this multidisciplinary field. It brings together past and present studies in the tropical and subtropical areas of the planet, highlighting the unique aspects of tropical systems. Until recently, radioecological models for tropical environments have depended upon data derived from temperate environments, despite the differences of these regions in terms of biota and abiotic conditions. Since radioactivity can be used to trace environmental processes in humans and other biota, this book offers examples of studies in which radiotracers have been used to assess biokinetics in tropical biota. This book: Features chapters co-authored by world experts that explain the origins, inputs, distributions, behaviour, and consequences of radioactivity in tropical and subtropical systems. Provides comprehensive lists of relevant data and identifies current knowledge gaps to allow for targeted radioecological research in the future. Integrates radioecological information into the most recent radiological consequences modelling and best-practice probabilistic ecological risk analysis methodology, given the need to understand the implications of enhanced socio-economic development in the world's tropical regions. John Twining has published research and conducted field and laboratory studies on the nuclear industry's impact on the environment over four decades. While much of this work has been related to Australia's role as a uranium supplier, he has also evaluated this impact at the Maralinga test sites in the deserts of central Australia and the effects of French testing in the central Pacific. John also focused on the uptake of radionuclides by crops and the use of isotopes as tracers of biological processes. Much of this work was accomplished in tropical or subtropical environments, and this experience proved valuable for Tropical Radioecology. John is now associate editor for the Journal of Environmental Radioecology and a self-employed consultant radioecologist.

Author : IAEA
Publisher : International Atomic Energy Agency
Page : 317 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 2023-07-10
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9789201269225

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The Environmental Behaviour of Uranium by IAEA Pdf

This publication is one of the series of IAEA publications on the environmental behaviour of naturally occurring radionuclides. It outlines uranium behaviour in different environments, as well as its transfer to, and metabolism in, humans. The publication also provides concepts, models and data required for the assessment of the impacts of uranium on non-human biota. Assessing the environmental and health effects of uranium poses specific challenges because of the combination of different types of hazard and potential exposures. Therefore, both the radiotoxicity and chemical toxicity of uranium are considered in this publication.

Author : Dinesh Kumar Aswal
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 700 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 2024-06-26
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9789819727957

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Handbook on Radiation Environment, Volume 1 by Dinesh Kumar Aswal Pdf

Author : Majeti Narasimha Vara Prasad,Meththika Vithanage
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 404 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 2023-02-20
Category : Science
ISBN : 9781119867364

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Medical Geology by Majeti Narasimha Vara Prasad,Meththika Vithanage Pdf

Medical Geology The key to understanding the relationship between the geological environment and human health Medical geology deals with of the impact of environmental factors on the health of individual human beings and communities. In particular, it studies environmental exposure to both macro- and micronutrients in the geosphere, hydrosphere, and atmosphere—respectively, soil, water, and airborne dust—which may positively or negatively impact human growth, development, and overall health. The insights contributed by this burgeoning field can aid not only in individual medical cases, but also in assessing disproportionately impacted communities and addressing global medical inequality. Medical Geology: En route to One Health is among the first books to address this vital subject by summarizing recent research in this field. It also serves as an introduction to the multidisciplinary One Health methodology, which unites medical, geological, and environmental insights in one continuous approach to public health. Medical Geology readers will also find: An explanation of the influence of the environment on nutrient availability Case studies of well-documented links between endemic diseases and environmental conditions A systematic analysis of the causes of essential element deficiencies in different world regions Medical Geology is an essential overview of the field, for advanced students as well as medical, environmental, or geological researchers who wish to understand the complex relationship between the geological environment and human health.

Author : Pankaj Pathak,Dharmendra K. Gupta
Publisher : Springer
Page : 250 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 2019-06-04
Category : Science
ISBN : 9783030153144

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Strontium Contamination in the Environment by Pankaj Pathak,Dharmendra K. Gupta Pdf

This book provides an authoritative review of the origin and extraction of strontium and its impact on the environment. It also presents the latest strontium decontamination and remediation strategies. Around the globe, nuclear power is being recognized as a major source of energy and is expected to play a crucial role in meeting the energy requirements of present day society. However, the pros and cons have to be considered, and the safe disposal of large amounts of radionuclide wastes is becoming a matter of great concern. These wastes encompass contaminants such as heavy metals and toxic substances, which may exist in solid, liquid or gaseous forms or a combination of these, and as such, their disposal requires particular attention. The book focuses on 90Sr, which is a predominant isotope of strontium and considered an intermediate level radioactive waste with a half-life of 28.8 years, average biological half-life of 18 years and 546 KeV decay energy. Written by expert contributors, it addresses occurrence, detection and extraction of strontium, the chemical and nuclear properties of strontium isotopes, the fate and migration of strontium in soil, its bioaccumulation, and its associated health impact, mechanistic toxicity response as well as related regulation and remediation. It appeals to scholars, scientists and environmental managers working with strontium contamination in the environment and its consequences.

Author : Broder J. Merkel,Alireza Arab
Publisher : Springer
Page : 887 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 2014-08-28
Category : Science
ISBN : 9783319110592

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Uranium - Past and Future Challenges by Broder J. Merkel,Alireza Arab Pdf

This book is the collection of papers from the latest International Uranium Mining and Hydrogeology Conference (UMH VII) held in September 2014, in Freiberg, Germany. It is divided to five sessions: Uranium Mining, Uranium and Phosphates, Clean-up technologies for water and soil. Uranium and daughter nuclides and basic research and modeling. Each session covers a wide range of related topic and provides readers with up to date research and solutions on those matters.

Author : Kenji Nanba,Alexei Konoplev,Toshihiro Wada
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 501 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 2022-03-14
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9789811667992

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Behavior of Radionuclides in the Environment III by Kenji Nanba,Alexei Konoplev,Toshihiro Wada Pdf

This book, the third in the series Behavior of Radionuclides in the Environment, is dedicated to Fukushima. Major findings from research since 2011 are reviewed concerning the behavior of radionuclides released into the environment due to the Fukushima Dai-ichi Nuclear Power Plant accident, including atmospheric transport and fallout of radionuclides, their fate, and transport in the soil-water environment, behavior in freshwater, coastal and marine environment, transfer in the terrestrial and agricultural environment. Volume III discusses not only radionuclides dynamics in the environment in the short- and mid-term, but also modeling and prediction of long-term time changes. Along with reviews, the book contains original data and results not published previously. It was spearheaded by the authors from the Institute of Environmental Radioactivity at Fukushima University, established two years after the Fukushima accident, with their collaborators from Japan, Russia, and Ukraine. The knowledge emerging from the studies of the environmental behavior of Fukushima-derived radionuclides enables us to move forward in understanding mechanisms of environmental contamination and leads to better modeling and prediction of long-term pollution effects in general.

Author : Jean-Claude Amiard
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 340 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 2023-01-12
Category : Nature
ISBN : 9781786307798

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Marine Radioecology, Volume 6 by Jean-Claude Amiard Pdf

The marine environment, in addition to a not insignificant background of “natural” radioactivity, has continued to receive inputs of radionuclides directly or indirectly through atomic fallout, discharges from the nuclear industry or from nuclear accidents. After their introduction, the fate of these radionuclides is complex with modifications of physicochemical forms, dispersion in marine water masses and adsorption onto sedimentary particles. Marine organisms then bioaccumulate these radionuclides to a greater or lesser extent, dispersing them via their burrowing activities, horizontal and vertical migrations or through food webs. All of these phenomena lead to very variable radioactive contamination, depending on location and the nature of the marine environments concerned, and consequently, to very different doses of irradiation to marine organisms. The harmful effects of ionizing radiation on living marine organisms are felt at varying levels of biological organization from the molecule to the ecosystem, passing through the cell, the organ, the individual and the population. In the end, the radioactive risk for marine organisms can decline according to several situations, which can be normal, programmed or accidental.

Author : Montserrat Filella
Publisher : Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
Page : 431 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 2021-07-05
Category : Science
ISBN : 9783110665451

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Antimony by Montserrat Filella Pdf

Antimony (Sb) is an exciting chemical element ubiquitously present in our daily lives. This book provides a coherent and interdisciplinary picture of our current understanding of this element. Subjects ranging from its mineralogy, mining and environmental chemistry to its potential impact in ecosystems and human health are discussed in this monograph.

Author : Peter G. C. Campbell,Peter V. Hodson,Pamela M. Welbourn,David A. Wright
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 597 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 2022-05-19
Category : Nature
ISBN : 9781108834698

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Ecotoxicology by Peter G. C. Campbell,Peter V. Hodson,Pamela M. Welbourn,David A. Wright Pdf

The sources, distribution, toxicity and management of environmental contaminants, from molecular interactions to ecological effects.

Author : Dharmendra K. Gupta,Clemens Walther
Publisher : Springer
Page : 246 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 2019-04-25
Category : Science
ISBN : 9783030149611

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Uranium in Plants and the Environment by Dharmendra K. Gupta,Clemens Walther Pdf

In recent years, radioactive contamination in the environment by uranium (U) and its daughters has caused increasing concerns globally. This book provides recent developments and comprehensive knowledge to the researchers and academicians who are working on uranium contaminated areas worldwide. This book covers topics ranging from the beginning of the nuclear age until today, including historical views and epidemiological studies. Modelling practices and evaluation of radiological and chemical impact of uranium on man and the environment are included. Also covered are analytical methods used for the determination of uranium in geo/bio environments. Some chapters explore factors which influence uranium speciation and in consequence plant uptake/translocation. Last but not least, several chapters provide approaches and practices for remediation of uranium contaminated areas.