Biosphere implications of deep disposal of nuclear waste :: the upwards migration of radionuclides in vegetated soils /

The safety assessment of a deep repository for nuclear waste poses challenging scientific and technical questions. The risks from leakage of radionuclides from the repository, including transfers to the biosphere and the food chain must be assessed. This involves complex and poorly understood intera...

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Other Authors: Wheater, Howard
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: London : Imperial College Press, ©2007.
Series:Series on environmental science and management ; v. 5.
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Online Access:DE-862
DE-863
Summary:The safety assessment of a deep repository for nuclear waste poses challenging scientific and technical questions. The risks from leakage of radionuclides from the repository, including transfers to the biosphere and the food chain must be assessed. This involves complex and poorly understood interactions between groundwater, soils, plants and the atmosphere. A unique, multidisciplinary experimental and modeling program at Imperial College London has been funded by UK NIREX to develop the science and to produce modeling tools to interpret and generalize the experimental data for safety assessment. This monograph brings together for the first time the accumulated results and experience from almost two decades of research. The results have important implications for the safety assessment of nuclear waste worldwide and provide new insights into the geochemical and biological controls on the upwards migration of radiochemicals in the near-surface environment.
Physical Description:1 online resource (xv, 402 pages) : illustrations (some color), color portraits
Format:Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002.
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:1860949487
9781860949487
1281867535
9781281867537
9786611867539
6611867538

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