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Airborne Radioactive Contamination in Inhabited Areas (Radioactivity in the Environment, Volume Fifteen)

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For many decades, investigations of the behaviour and implications of radioactive contamination in the environment have focused on agricultural areas and food production. This was due to the erroneous assumption that the consequences of credible contaminating incidents would be restricted to rural areas. However, due to the Chernobyl accident, more than 250,000 persons were removed from their homes, demonstrating a great need for knowledge and instruments that could be applied to minimise the manifold adverse consequences of contamination in inhabited areas. Also, today the world is facing a number of new threats, including radiological terrorism, which would be likely to take place in a city, where most people would become directly affected. A recent report from the US Commission on the Prevention of Weapons of Mass Destruction Proliferation and Terrorism concludes that it is most likely that a large radiological, or even nuclear, terror attack on a major city somewhere in the world will occur before 2013.



For the first time ever, the specific problems of airborne radioactive contamination in inhabited areas are treated in a holistically covering treatise, pinpointing factorial interdependencies and describing instruments for mitigation. The state-of-the-art knowledge is here explained in Airborne Radioactive Contamination in Inhabited Areas y leading scientists in the various disciplines of relevance.



Key Features

Unique holistic description of airborne radioactive contamination of inhabited areas and its consequences

State-of-the-art information on problems associated with both accidental and malicious contamination events, in particularly 'dirty bombs'

Detailed description of processes and parameters governing the severity of contaminating incidents

Written by key experts in the world



Readership

ecologists, environmental scientists

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Ketersediaan

Informasi Detail

Judul Seri

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No. Panggil

539.16 AND r

Penerbit

United Kingdom : Elsevier B.V.., 2009

Deskripsi Fisik

xiv, 348 p. : Illus. ; 23 cm

Bahasa

English

ISBN/ISSN

9780080449890 / 15694860

Klasifikasi

539.16

Tipe Isi

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Tipe Media

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Tipe Pembawa

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Edisi

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Subjek

1. Radioactive pollution of the atmosphere.
2. Urban pollution.

Info Detail Spesifik

Environment

Pernyataan Tanggungjawab

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Versi lain/terkait

Lampiran Berkas

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