Biosphere Implications of Deep Disposal of Nuclear Waste: The - Upwards Migration of Radionuclides in Vegetated Soil

Klappentext 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. Zusammenfassung The safety assessment of a deep repository for nuclear waste poses challenging scientific and technical questions. The risks from leakage of radionuclides from repository! including transfers to the biosphere and food chain must be assessed. This monograph brings together the accumulated results and experience from almost two decades of research. Inhaltsverzeichnis Methods: Experimental Protocols; Modelling Radionuclide Transport and Uptake in Vegetated Soils; Results: Radiochlorine; Radioiodine; Technetium; Radioselenium; Radiocations; Conclusions and Recommendations.

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• Autori: Daniel Ashworth, Daniel (Imperial College London Ashworth, J Nigel B Bell, J Nigel B (Imperial College London Bell, J. N. B. Bell, J. Nigel B. Bell, A. P. Butler, Adrian P Butler, Adrian P (Imperial College London Butler, Adrian P. Butler, Adrian P. Ashworth Butler, Butler Adrian P, Butler Adrian P, Graeme Shaw, Graeme (Imperial College London Shaw, H. S. Wheater, Howard S Wheater, Howard S (Univ Of Saskatchewan Wheater, Howard S. Wheater, Howard S. Bell Wheater, WHEATER HOWARD S BELL J N B BU
• Editore: Imperial College Press
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Copertina rigida
• Pubblicazione: 31.07.2007
• EAN: 9781860947438
• ISBN: 978-1-86094-743-8
• Pagine: 420
• Serie: Series on Environmental Scienc; Series On Environmental Science And Management; Series On Environmental Science And Management; Environmental Science and Mana; Series on Environmental Scienc
• Categoria: Scienze naturali, medicina, informatica, tecnica > Tecnica > Tecnica edile e ambientale