Author: Beate NielsenPublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 71
Book Description
A Literature Study of the Behaviour of Cesium, Strontium and Plutonium in the Soil-plant Ecosystem
Author: Beate NielsenBehaviour of Strontium in Plants and the Environment
Author: Dharmendra K. GuptaPublisher: Springer
ISBN: 331966574X
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 178
Book Description
This book provides extensive and comprehensive knowledge to researchers and academics who work on strontium contaminated areas. Topics covered include impact on plants and environment, as well as remediation strategies. This book will inform graduate and undergraduate students who are specializing in radioecology, especially strontium uptake via soil to plants, safe disposal of strontium waste, remediation legacies and impact of strontium waste material on the natural and manmade environment. A broad overview of reviews is provided covering a number of original publications on strontium plant uptake, including case studies that present the latest technological developments and future trends for investigating strontium mobility in soil and treatment of strontium contaminated areas.
Plutonium-239 and Americium-241 Uptake by Plants from Soil
Author: Kenneth Warren BrownPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Americium
Languages : en
Pages : 28
Book Description
Impact of Cesium on Plants and the Environment
Author: Dharmendra K. GuptaPublisher: Springer
ISBN: 3319415255
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 324
Book Description
This book provides extensive and comprehensive knowledge to the researchers/academics who are working in the field of cesium contaminated sites, and the impact on plants. This book is also helpful for graduate and undergraduate students who are specializing in radioecology or safe disposal of radioactive waste, remediation of legacies and the impact on the environment. Radiocesium (137Cs and 134Cs) was released into the environment as a result of nuclear weapons testing in 1950s and 1960s (~1x1018 Bq), and later due to the Chernobyl accident in 1986 (8.5x1016 Bq) and Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant in 2011 (~1x1017 Bq). 137Cs is still of relevance due to its half-life of 30 years. The study of radioisotope 137Cs is important, as production and emission rates are high compared to other radioisotopes, due to high fission yield and high volatility. This book contains original work and reviews on how cesium is released into the environment on translocation from soil to plants and further on to animals and into the human food chain. Separate chapters focus on the effective half-life of cesium in plants and on how different cultivars are responding in accumulation of cesium. Other key chapters focus on cesium impact on single cells to higher plants and also on remediation measures as well as on basic mechanism used for remedial options and analysis of transfer factors. The book rounds off by contributions on cesium uptake and translocation and its toxicity in plants after the Chernobyl and Fukushima accidents.
Americium
Author: K. W. BrownPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Agriculture
Languages : en
Pages : 26
Book Description
Plutonium Uptake by Plants from Soil Containing Plutonium-238 Dioxide Particles
Author: K. W. BrownPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Growth (Plants)
Languages : en
Pages : 662
Book Description
Strontium Contamination in the Environment
Author: Pankaj PathakPublisher: Springer
ISBN: 3030153142
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 250
Book Description
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.
Final Report on a Field Study of Soil-to-plant Transfer of Radioactive Caesium, Strontium and Zinc in Tropical Northern Australia to the IAEA/FAO/IUR CRP on "classification of Soils Systems on the Basis of Transfer Factors of Radionuclides from Soil to Reference Plants"
Author: Publisher:
ISBN: 9781920791018
Category : Soils, Radioactive substances in
Languages : en
Pages : 22
Book Description
Environmental behavior of cesium and strontium in agricultural and forest soil
Author: Khalid MehmoodA Study of the Environmental Behavior of Cesium and Potassium in the Soil-plant System
Author: Stanley Earl ThompsonPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Cesium
Languages : en
Pages : 122
Book Description