Remediation Measures for Radioactively Contaminated Areas

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-xix

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2. Review of Remediation Approaches Implemented in Radioactively Contaminated Areas

   • Mirjana Ćujić, Jelena Petrović, Snežana Dragović

   Pages 1-30

3. Physicochemical Methods for the Remediation of Radionuclide Contaminated Sites

   • Claudio Cameselle, Susana Gouveia

   Pages 31-49

4. Sorption Methods in Rehabilitation of Radioactively Contaminated Lands Using Surface-Modified Sorbents Based on Natural Aluminosilicates

   • Anna V. Voronina, Marina O. Blinova, Vladimir S. Semenishchev, Dharmendra K. Gupta

   Pages 51-64

5. Competitive Adsorption as a Physicochemical Ground for Self-Sufficient Decontamination Areas from Radioactive Pollutants

   • Evgeny V. Polyakov, Aleksey A. Ioshin, Ilya V. Volkov

   Pages 65-91

6. Biological, Chemical and Nanosorption Approaches in Remediation of Metal Wastes

   • Santa Ram Joshi, Debajit Kalita

   Pages 93-111

7. Potential of Biochar as a Measure for Decreasing Bioavailability of 137Cs in Soil

   • Aleksander Nikolaevich Nikitin, Olga Aleksandrovna Shurankova, Olga Il’inichna Popova, Ihar Anatol’evich Cheshyk, Ruslan Kovsarovich Spirov

   Pages 113-137

8. Remediation of Agricultural Lands Contaminated by 90Sr

   • Natalia I. Sanzharova, Irina V. Geshel, Rena A. Mikailova, Dmitry V. Krylenkin, Ekaterina V. Gordienko

   Pages 139-162

9. Rehabilitation of Radioactively Contaminated Soil: Use of Bioremediation/Phytoremediation Techniques

   • Joana Lourenço, Sonia Mendo, Ruth Pereira

   Pages 163-200

10. Bioremediation and Phytoremediation: Best Approach for Rehabilitation of Soils for Future Use

    • Sergiy Dubchak, Olexander Bondar

    Pages 201-221

11. Water Decontamination at Radioactively Contaminated Lands

    • Anna V. Voronina, Nickolay D. Betenekov, Vladimir S. Semenishchev

    Pages 223-244

12. Treatment of Radioactive Waste After Rehabilitation of Contaminated Areas

    • Anna V. Voronina, Vladimir S. Semenishchev, Dharmendra K. Gupta

    Pages 245-258

13. Modelling the Effect of Mechanical Remediation on Dose Rates Above Radiocesium Contaminated Land

    • Alex Malins, Hiroshi Kurikami, Akihiro Kitamura, Masahiko Machida

    Pages 259-272

14. Practical Experience in Applying Remediation Methods at the Semipalatinsk Test Site (Kazakhstan)

    • Andrey V. Panitskiy, Sergey N. Lukashenko, Erlan G. Batyrbekov, Sergey A. Berezin, Murat A. Umarov, Yuriy G. Strilchuk et al.

    Pages 273-289

15. Basic Radiation Protection Related to the Assessment of Remediation Measures in Radioactively Contaminated Areas

    • Jozef Sabol

    Pages 291-314

16. Back Matter

    Pages 315-324

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This book offers extensive and comprehensive knowledge to the researchers and academicians who are working on decontamination of radioactively contaminated areas. Remediation strategies for contaminated sites are provided. Readers who will find this book useful include professionals specializing in radioecology, safe disposal of radioactive waste, as well as decontamination, remediation legacies and impact of radioactive waste material on the environment. The chapters give a broad overview and reviews of a number of original publications on remediation strategies that were explored after the Chernobyl and Fukushima Nuclear Power plant accidents. Useful case studies are provided that explore the latest technological developments and future trends for affected area decontamination.

• remediation methods
• analysis and risk assessment
• radioactivity
• bioremediation
• phytoremediation of radioactive material
• nanosorption
• deep ploughing

• Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz Universität Hannover, Institut für Radioökologie und Strahlenschutz (IRS), Hannover, Germany

  Dharmendra K. Gupta

• Radiochemistry and Applied Ecology Department, Ural Federal University, Physical Technology Institute, Ekaterinburg, Russia

  Anna Voronina

Dharmendra K. Gupta is Sr. Scientist of environmental biotechnology/radioecology and already published more than 80 refereed research papers/review articles in peer reviewed journals and edited eleven books. His field of research includes abiotic stress by radionuclides/heavy metals and xenobiotics in plants; antioxidative system in plants, environmental pollution (radionuclides/heavy metals) remediation through plants (phytoremediation).

Anna Voronina is Head of the Radiochemistry and Applied Ecology Department at the Ural Federal University, Physical Technology Institute, Ekaterinburg, Russia. She published more than 60 papers in peer reviewed journals and 9 textbooks and tutorials for students. Her field of research includes development and study of inorganic sorbents, decontamination of radioactively contaminated soils and natural/drinking waters, liquid radioactive waste treatment, study of radionuclides migration in the environment.

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