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Assessing the Risks of Nuclear and Chemical Contamination in the former Soviet Union
Risk assessment has come to assume acute importance in the former Soviet Union since money is so scarce, yet the needs for cleanup are so huge. Other factors contribute to this situation, too: New leaders are still emerging, and governmental structures are still evolving. This creates a particular difficulty for environmentalists who attempt to become involved in the risk assessment process.
New information continues to surface on the fallout from Chernobyl and its consequences for human health. Scientists are still debating the effects of low doses of radiation delivered over a long period of time. This type of contamination is especially prevalent in the Russian North, for example, as a result of the dumping of nuclear submarine reactors into the Kara and Barents Seas.
This book examines the complexities of risk assessment in the FSU at this unique time in history.
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Assessing the Risks of Nuclear and Chemical Contamination in the former Soviet Union
Risk assessment has come to assume acute importance in the former Soviet Union since money is so scarce, yet the needs for cleanup are so huge. Other factors contribute to this situation, too: New leaders are still emerging, and governmental structures are still evolving. This creates a particular difficulty for environmentalists who attempt to become involved in the risk assessment process.
New information continues to surface on the fallout from Chernobyl and its consequences for human health. Scientists are still debating the effects of low doses of radiation delivered over a long period of time. This type of contamination is especially prevalent in the Russian North, for example, as a result of the dumping of nuclear submarine reactors into the Kara and Barents Seas.
This book examines the complexities of risk assessment in the FSU at this unique time in history.
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Assessing the Risks of Nuclear and Chemical Contamination in the former Soviet Union

Assessing the Risks of Nuclear and Chemical Contamination in the former Soviet Union

Assessing the Risks of Nuclear and Chemical Contamination in the former Soviet Union

Assessing the Risks of Nuclear and Chemical Contamination in the former Soviet Union

Overview

Risk assessment has come to assume acute importance in the former Soviet Union since money is so scarce, yet the needs for cleanup are so huge. Other factors contribute to this situation, too: New leaders are still emerging, and governmental structures are still evolving. This creates a particular difficulty for environmentalists who attempt to become involved in the risk assessment process.
New information continues to surface on the fallout from Chernobyl and its consequences for human health. Scientists are still debating the effects of low doses of radiation delivered over a long period of time. This type of contamination is especially prevalent in the Russian North, for example, as a result of the dumping of nuclear submarine reactors into the Kara and Barents Seas.
This book examines the complexities of risk assessment in the FSU at this unique time in history.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9789401072366
Publisher: Springer Netherlands
Publication date: 10/01/2011
Series: NATO Science Partnership Subseries: 2 , #10
Edition description: Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 1996
Pages: 118
Product dimensions: 6.30(w) x 9.45(h) x 0.01(d)

Table of Contents

1 Introduction.- 2 Science, Scientists, Politics, and Environmental Law.- 3 A Framework for Considering Social, Political, and Economic Factors in Risk Assessments.- 4 Factors Affecting Investment Strategies for the Disposition of Industrial Hazardous Waste.- 5 A Risk-based Approach to Cleanup — Problems and Pitfalls.- 6 Assessing Radiation Contamination Risks in Ukraine.- 7 The Perception of Radiation Effects on Humans: The Case of Chernobyl.- 8 NGOs and the Nuclear Navy.- 9 An Appraisal of the Radiation Hazard of Radioactive Waste Discharges in the Kara and Barents Seas.- 10 Conclusions and Recommendations for Assessing Environmental and Health Risks.
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