Nuclear issues

This book offers refineries a practical guide for implementing environmental management systems (EMS).

This book offers refineries a practical guide for implementing environmental management systems (EMS).

Landslides are the most costly geo-hazard in the world, and they're often the cause or the result of other hazards and disasters such as tsunamis, earthquakes, wildfires, and volcanic eruptions.

In March 2011 the Fukushima nuclear power plant (NPP) in Japan was hit by an earthquake and subsequent tsunami which resulted in the release of significant amounts of radioactive material.

Carbon dioxide capture and storage (CCS) is a technology aimed at reducing greenhouse gas emissions from burning fossil fuels during industrial and energy-related processes.

This volume focuses on the effects of various toxic agents on human health.

More than a decade after the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear disaster, what we are witnessing is not a Second Nuclear Age - there is no post-atomic - but an uncanny, quiet return of the nuclear threat that so vividly animated the Cold War era.

Social and Ethical Aspects of Radiation Risk Management provides a comprehensive treatment of the major ethical and social issues resulting from the use of ionizing radiation.

Environmental Radionuclides presents a state-of-the-art summary of knowledge on the use of radionuclides to study processes and systems in the continental part of the Earth's environment.

With an increase of global security concerns over potential terrorist acts, the threat of WMDs, and increasing political issues with nations seeking nuclear capability, the need to track, detect, and safeguard nuclear material globally has never been greater.

This book begins with an overview of current thinking on bioavailability, its definition, cutting-edge research in speciation and advancement in tools for assessing chemical bioavailability in the terrestrial environment.

Decommissioning nuclear facilities is a relatively new field, which has developed rapidly in the last ten years.

This addition to the Advances in Environmental Control Technology Series contains 23 chapters designed to provide an extensive overview and reference on human physiological responses to various forms of pollution.

The petroleum industry must minimize the environmental impact of its various operations.

Environmental Monitoring and Characterization is an integrated, hands-on resource for monitoring all aspects of the environment.

The Radioactivity in the Environment Series addresses the key aspects of this socially important and complex interdisciplinary subject.

Deep Geological Disposal of Radioactive Waste presents a critical review of designing, siting, constructing and demonstrating the safety and environmental impact of deep repositories for radioactive wastes.

Any professional examination of existing or potential new toxins in a population must account for those already present from past problems and natural conditions.

Engineers and scientists have made great progress in advancing the understanding of the principles underlying environmental quality and public health.

In our changing world, society demands more comprehensive and thoughtful solutions from environmental engineers, environmental consultants and scientists dealing with the degradation of our environment.

Excessive levels of heavy metals can be introduced into the environment, for example, by industrial waste or fertilizers.