Overview
- Focuses on various aspects of the long-term behavior of Chernobyl-derived radionuclides
- Offers readers a better understanding of the mechanisms of radionuclide migration in the environment
- Shares the latest findings
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Table of contents (9 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Atmospheric Transport of Radionuclides and Resuspension
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Behavior of Chernobyl-Derived Radionuclides in Soil–Water Environment
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Behavior of Radionuclides in Agricultural and Forest Ecosystems
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Behavior of Radionuclides in Aquatic Ecosystems
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About this book
This is Volume II in a three-volume set on the Behavior of Radionuclides in the Environment, focusing on Chernobyl. Now, so many years after the Chernobyl accident, new data is emerging and important new findings are being made. The book reviews major research achievements concerning the behavior of Chernobyl-derived radionuclides, including their air transport and resuspension, mobility and bioavailability in the soil-water environment, vertical and lateral migration in soils and sediments, soil-to-plant and soil-to-animal transfer, and water-to-aqueous biota transfer. The long-term dynamics of radionuclides in aquatic ecosystems are also discussed, in particular, the heavily contaminated cooling pond of the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant, which is in the process of being decommissioned.
Lessons learned from long-term research on the environmental behavior of radionuclides can help us understand the pathways of environmental contamination, which, in turn, will allow us to improve methods for modeling and predicting the long-term effects of pollution.
This book features a wealth of original data and findings, many of which have never been published before, or were not available internationally. The contributing authors are experts from Ukraine, Russia and Belarus with more than 30 years of experience investigating Chernobyl-derived radionuclides in the environment.
The content presented here can help to predict the evolution of environmental contamination following a nuclear accident, and specifically the Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear power plant accident.
Editors and Affiliations
About the editors
Alexei Konoplev
Fukushima University
Institute of Environmental Radioactivity
Fukushima
Japan
alexeikonoplev@gmail.com
Kenji Kato
Shizuoka University
Faculty of Science
Shizuoka
Japankato.kenji@shizuoka.ac.jp
Stepan N. Kalmykov
Lomonosov Moscow State University
Radiochemistry Division
MoscowRussia
Stepan_5@hotmail.com
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Behavior of Radionuclides in the Environment II
Book Subtitle: Chernobyl
Editors: Alexei Konoplev, Kenji Kato, Stepan N. Kalmykov
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-15-3568-0
Publisher: Springer Singapore
eBook Packages: Earth and Environmental Science, Earth and Environmental Science (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer Nature Singapore Pte Ltd. 2020
Hardcover ISBN: 978-981-15-3567-3Published: 20 May 2020
Softcover ISBN: 978-981-15-3570-3Published: 20 May 2021
eBook ISBN: 978-981-15-3568-0Published: 19 May 2020
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: X, 443
Number of Illustrations: 66 b/w illustrations, 79 illustrations in colour
Topics: Effects of Radiation/Radiation Protection, Waste Water Technology / Water Pollution Control / Water Management / Aquatic Pollution, Environmental Management, Nuclear Chemistry