Author: Ella FarmanPublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 268
Book Description
Environmental Remediation and Restoration of Contaminated Nuclear and Norm Sites
Author: L van VelzenPublisher: Elsevier
ISBN: 1782422382
Category : Technology & Engineering
Languages : en
Pages : 277
Book Description
Nuclear sites become contaminated with radionuclides due to accidents and activities carried out without due consideration for the environment. Naturally-occurring radioactive materials (NORM) released by industrial processes such as coal power production and fertilizer manufacture may also require clean-up. Environmental remediation and restoration aim to reduce exposure to radiation from contaminated soil or groundwater. This book provides a comprehensive overview of this area. Part 1 provides an introduction to the different types of contaminated site and their characteristics. Part 2 addresses environmental restoration frameworks and processes. Part 3 then reviews different remediation techniques and methods of waste disposal. - Explores types and characteristics of contaminated nuclear and NORM sites - Provides an in depth guide to environmental restoration frameworks and processes including stakeholder involvement, risk assessment and cost-benefit analysis in the remediation and restoration of contaminated nuclear and NORM sites - Offers coverage of remediation techniques and waste disposal from electrokinetic remediation to in situ and ex situ bioremediation of radionuclides contaminated soils
Sunrise & Sunset at Praiano
Author: Sol LeWittPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Artists' books
Languages : en
Pages : 36
Book Description
LeWitt photographed sunrises and sunsets over the sea in Praiano, Italy, and arranged the images in grids, four per page, on thirty pages.
Schools and Masters of Fencing
Author: Egerton CastlePublisher: Courier Corporation
ISBN: 0486138755
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 338
Book Description
The definitive work on fencing history and the art swordsmanship traces the sport from its rough beginnings to its latter-day refinement, focusing primarily on the 16th-century development of the rapier and its popularity in Italy.
The Southeastern Reporter
Author: Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Law reports, digests, etc
Languages : en
Pages : 1058
Book Description
The Washington Law Reporter
Author: Forest and Stream
Author: The Daily Washington Law Reporter
Author: Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Courts
Languages : en
Pages : 736
Book Description
Vols. for 1902- include decisions of the District of Columbia Court of Appeals and various other courts of the District of Columbia.
Author: Publisher: Odile Jacob
ISBN: 2738177204
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 288
Book Description
Federal Land Series a Calendar of Archival Materials on the Land Patents Issued by the United States Government, with Subject, Tract, and Name Indexe
Author: Publisher: Genealogical Publishing Com
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 1902
Book Description
Dombey and Son
Author: Charles DickensPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : English fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 564
Book Description
Paul Dombey is a cold, unbending, pompous merchant, and a widower with two children - Paul and Florence. His chief ambition is to perpetuate the firm-name. He dreams of passing his business on to his son. Dombey dotes on his son, and neglects and mistreats his daughter.The "son" in the title of the book is incapable of ever joining the firm. A sickly and odd child, Paul dies at the age of six. Dombey pours his resentment and anger out on his daughter, whom he pushes away despite her efforts to earn her father's love.Eventually Dombey remarries, after literally acquiring his new wife from her father in a commercial transaction. Dombey is as bad a husband as he is a father and his marriage is loveless. His new bride hates Dombey and eventually runs off with Canker, his business manager. Dombey characteristically blames Florence for this reversal, and strikes her, causing Florence to run away as well.Abandoned by everyone, Dombey loses his business and goes half insane, living in his decaying house. Dombey is eventually reconciled to his daughter, who always a doormat forgives her father........