Nuclear Power, Man and the Environment (Routledge Library Editions: Energy Resources)

Pentreath, R. J.

Reference

Routledge

Nuclear Power, Man, and the Environment

Politics & Social Sciences

Social Sciences

Crane, Russak & Co.

Nuclear power, man, and the environment (The Wykeham science series ; 51)

Taylor & Francis Ltd

<p>Natural radiation arises from many sources, from the unstable atoms within our own bodies and in the materials around us, from the Sun, and even from beyond the Solar System. Additional sources include the legacy of testing nuclear weapons, nuclear waste, and nuclear accidents. All these sources have provided means of dating environmental materials and tracing the movements of substances through land, sea, and air. But ionising radiation also interacts with DNA, which has led to a remarkable range of studies to examine how and how quickly these unstable atoms are accumulated by both humans and biota, and their various effects on both. Providing an overview of the sources, uses and impacts of ionising radiation in the environment, and the frameworks developed to manage exposures to them, this is a valuable reference for graduate students and researchers interested in radioecology, environmental science and radiological protection.</p>

Radioecology: Sources and Consequences of Ionising Radiation in the Environment (Cambridge Environmental Chemistry Series)

Science & Math

Biological Sciences

Cambridge University Press

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