Remediation of Contaminated Environments

by G. Voigt (Editor), S. Fesenko (Editor)

Overview

Remediation of Contaminated Environments summarises - amongst other things - what happened to the people and environment around Chernobyl (and other nuclear sites) and what measures need to be taken in future in the event of nuclear accidents etc. plus it has a very important and currently topical use in detailing what to do in the event of a terrorist dirty bomb attack on a city. - Remediation, including characterization of contaminated sites; safety requirements; remediation planning; effectiveness of individual measures in different environments; social, ethical and economic considerations; application of modern decision aiding technologies - Applicable to different categories of contaminated environments and contaminants, comprising areas contaminated by radiation accidents and incidents, nuclear weapon tests, natural radionuclides associated with nuclear fuel cycle, fossil material mining and gas and oil production - Associated side effects (environmental and social) and human based remediation measures, comprising perception of this activity by the population; with particular regard to stakeholders and population involvement in making decisions on environmental safety and remediation of contaminated sites

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780080914152
Publisher:	Elsevier Science
Publication date:	05/12/2009
Series:	Radioactivity in the Environment , #14
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	496
File size:	5 MB

Table of Contents

IntroductionS.Fesenko, and G. Voigt1. International approaches to remediation of territorial radioactive contaminationA.J. González2. Site characterisation and measurement strategies for remediation purposesS. Fesenko, L. Zeiller, and G. Voigt3. Decision - aiding tools for remediation strategiesV. Shershakov, S. Fesenko, I. Kryshev, and N. Semioshkina4. Remediation of areas contaminated after radiation accidentsR. M. Alexakhin5. Remediation of sites contaminated by nuclear weapon tests in the Marshall Islands and AustraliaP.R. Danesi6. Remediation as part of the decommissioning of nuclear facilitiesE. Falck, R. Seitz, M. Pearl, M. Audet, P. Schmidt, and H.M. Fernandes7. Remediation Planning of Uranium Mining and Milling Facilities: The PriDneperovsky Chemical Plant Complex in UkraineO. Voitsekhovych, and T. Lavrova8. Principles and technologies for remediation of uranium-contaminated environmentsYong-Guan Zhu, and Bao-Dong Chen9. Effectiveness of remedial techniques for environments contaminated by artificial radionuclidesK.G. Andersson, and P. Roos10. Environmental, social, ethical and economic aspects of remediationD. Oughton, I. Bay-Larsen, and G. VoigtConcluding remarksG. Voigt, and S. Fesenko