Author: T.L. CullenPublisher:
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages :
Book Description
Areas of High Natural Radioactivity
Author: T.L. CullenInternational Symposium on Areas of High Natural Radioactivity, Pocos de Caldas, 1975
Author: Areas of High Natural Radioactivity
Author: Low-level Radiation
Author: United States. Department of Energy. Technical Information CenterPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Radiation
Languages : en
Pages : 740
Book Description
The Natural Radiation Environment VII
Author: J.P. McLaughlinPublisher: Elsevier
ISBN: 0080457916
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 1216
Book Description
The Natural Radiation Environment Symposium (NRE VII), the Seventh in the NRE series, which commenced forty years ago in 1963 at Rice University Texas, was held in Rhodes (Greece) in May 2002. During the intervening four decades the research work presented at these NRE Symposia has contributed to a deeper understanding of natural radiation and in particular of its contribution to human radiation exposures.It is clear from the quality and diversity of the 143 papers in this volume of Radioactivity in the Environment series that the study of the natural radiation environment is an active and continually expanding field of research. The papers in this volume fall into a number of main and topical research areas namely: - the measurement and behaviour of natural radionuclides in the environment - cosmic radiation measurement and dosimetry - the external penetrating radiation field at ground level - TENR (Technologically Enhanced Natural Radiation) and NORM (Naturally Occurring Radioactive Materials) studies - assessment of the health effects of radon - regulatory aspects of natural radiation exposuresIn these papers the results of many new surveys of natural radionuclide levels in the environment and of improved methods of detection are described. While some of the natural radiation sources investigated are unmodified by human activity, many accounts are given here of exposures to natural sources which have been enhanced by technology. Such TENR and NORM exposures are shown to range from activities such as mining, oil and gas exploitation, the use of industrial by-products as building materials, to space travel to name but a few. In several cases quite high doses to some individuals are shown to occur. Accounts are given here of methods to prevent and reduce exposures to such sources.
ERDA Research Abstracts
Author: United States. Energy Research and Development AdministrationPublisher:
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Category : Power resources
Languages : en
Pages : 780
Book Description
Proceedings of the First Conference on Scientific Research in the National Parks, New Orleans, Louisiana, November 9-12, 1976
Author: Robert M. LinnPublisher:
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Category : National parks and reserves
Languages : en
Pages : 660
Book Description
Nuclear Science Abstracts
Author: ERDA Energy Research Abstracts
Author: United States. Energy Research and Development AdministrationPublisher:
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Category : Medicine
Languages : en
Pages : 994
Book Description
Tropical Radioecology
Author: J.R. TwiningPublisher: Newnes
ISBN: 0080914306
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 365
Book Description
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 sub-tropical 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. - Features chapters, co-authored by world experts, that explain the origins, inputs, distribution, 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.