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The present radiological situation at the nuclear weapons test site at Semipalatinsk in Kazakhstan with regard to plutonium contamination

Voigt, G.M.; Semiochkina, N.; Dodd, B.; Howard, B.J.; Karabalin, B.; Mukuschewa, M.; Rosner, G.; Sanchez, A.; Singleton, D.L.; Strand, P.. 2001 The present radiological situation at the nuclear weapons test site at Semipalatinsk in Kazakhstan with regard to plutonium contamination. In: Kudo, A., (ed.) Plutonium in the environment - Edited Proceedings of the Second Invited International Symposium. Elsevier, 363-373. (Radioactivity in the Environment).

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Abstract/Summary

The first volume of the new series, Radioactivity in the Environment, focuses on the environmental occurrence, the speciation, the behaviour, the fate, the applications and the health consequences of that much-feared and much-publicised element, plutonium. Featuring a collection of selected, peer-reviewed, up-to-date papers by leading researchers in the field, this work provides a state-of-the-art description of plutonium in the environment. This title helps to explain where present frontiers are drawn in our continuing efforts to understand the science of environmental plutonium and will help to place widespread concerns into perspective. As a whole this new book series on environmental radioactivity addresses, at academic research level, the key aspects of this socially important and complex interdisciplinary subject. Presented objectively and with the ultimate authority gained from the many contributions by the world's leading experts, the negative and positive consequences of having a radioactive world around us will be documented and given perspective.

Item Type: Publication - Book Section
Programmes: CEH Programmes pre-2009 publications > Other
UKCEH and CEH Sections/Science Areas: _ Pre-2000 sections
ISBN: 9780080434254
Additional Keywords: americium, environment, GIS, nuclear weapons testing, plutonium, radioecology, radionulcides, restoration, Semipalatinsk nuclear test site, soils, vegetation
NORA Subject Terms: Ecology and Environment
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Date made live: 15 Jul 2013 11:27 +0 (UTC)
URI: https://nora.nerc.ac.uk/id/eprint/501797

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