Radioactive pollutants : : Impact on the environnement / / François Bréchignac, Brenda J. Howard.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter EDP Sciences Backlist eBook Package 2000-2013
• VerfasserIn: Bréchignac, François,; Howard, Brenda J.,
• MitwirkendeR: Aarkrog, A.,; Alexakhin, R.M.,; Beresford, N.A.,; Borretzen, P.,; Brechignac, F.,; Caquet, Th.,; Casadesus, J.,; Dubreuil, G. Heriard,; Gonzalez, J.L.,; Gonze, M.A.,; Hakanson, L.,; Howard, B.J.,; Kelly, G.N.,; Krouglov, S.V.,; Larsson, C.-M.,; Lind, O.C.,; Linsley, G.,; Lochard, J.,; Michel, R.,; Oughton, D.H.,; Parekh, N.,; Plassard, C.,; Ramade, F.,; Romana, L.A.,; Salbu, B.,; Sanchez, A.,; Sauras, T.,; Schneider, T.,; Sheppard, S.C.,; Strand, P.,; Tamponnet, C.,; Vallejo, R.,
• Place / Publishing House: Les Ulis : : EDP Sciences, , [2001]; ©2001
• Year of Publication: 2001
• Language: English
• Series: Institut de Radioprotection et de Sûreté Nucléaire
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (368 p.)

This book collates a series of contributions which reflect on on-going discussions and provide reviews of the most up-to-date scientific and technical information regarding continental and estuarine environments. It also identifies research themes for the future along with scientific and ethical iss...

Table of Contents

• Frontmatter
• Preface
• Summary
• Foreword: Thoughts on Radioecology by the millennium shift
• INTRODUCTION
• 1 The ecological dimensions of ecotoxicological research
• PART 1 General environmental issues
• 2 Environmental radioactivity measuring methods
• 3 Toxicants in the environment: bringing radioecology and ecotoxicology together
• 4 Post accident management
• 5 International advice and experience relevant to chronic radiation exposure situations in the environment
• 6 Delivering a framework for the protection of the environment from ionising radiation
• PART 2 Radionuclides in terrestrial environments
• 7 Soil as the main compartment for radioactive substances in terrestrial ecosystems
• 8 Impact of micro-organisms on the fate of radionuclides in rhizospheric soils
• 9 Advances in animal radioecology
• 10 A nutrient-based mechanistic model for predicting the root uptake of radionuclides
• PART 3 Radionuclides in aquatic environments
• 11 Advanced speciation techniques for radionuclides associated with colloids and particles
• 12 Modelling radionuclides in aquatic systems: evolution, revolution and the future
• 13 Estuarine contaminants: fate and environmental risks
• PART 4 Ethical and environmental issues
• 14 The Nord-Cotentin An original experience of pluralistic expertise
• References