An Introduction to nuclear waste immobilisation
Front Cover -- An Introduction to Nuclear Waste Immobilisation -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- Preface to the Third Edition -- 1 Introduction to Immobilisation -- 1.1 Introduction -- 1.2 The Importance of Waste -- 1.3 Radioactive Waste -- 1.4 Recycling -- 1.5 Waste Minimisation -- 1.6 Processing an...
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| Sprache: | eng |
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Amsterdam, Oxford, Cambridge
Elsevier
2019
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| Ausgabe: | Third edition |
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Tag hinzufügen | Zusammenfassung: | Front Cover -- An Introduction to Nuclear Waste Immobilisation -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- Preface to the Third Edition -- 1 Introduction to Immobilisation -- 1.1 Introduction -- 1.2 The Importance of Waste -- 1.3 Radioactive Waste -- 1.4 Recycling -- 1.5 Waste Minimisation -- 1.6 Processing and Immobilisation -- 1.7 Time Frames -- Reference -- Further Reading -- 2 Nuclear Decay -- 2.1 Nuclear Matter -- 2.2 Radioactive Decay -- 2.3 Decay Law -- 2.4 Radioactive Equilibrium -- 2.5 Activity -- 2.6 Alpha Decay -- 2.7 Beta Decay -- 2.8 Gamma Decay -- 2.9 Spontaneous Fission -- 2.10 Radionuclide Characteristics -- References -- 3 Contaminants and Hazards -- 3.1 Elemental Abundance -- 3.2 Migration and Redistribution -- 3.3 Potential Hazard of Nuclear Waste -- 3.4 Relative Hazards -- 3.5 Importance of Wasteform and Real Hazard Concept -- 3.6 Wasteform Durability and Real Hazard Diminishing -- References -- 4 Naturally Occurring Radionuclides -- 4.1 Naturally Occurring Radioactive Materials and Technologically Enhanced Naturally Occurring Radioactive Materials -- 4.2 Primordial Radionuclides -- 4.3 Use of Primordial Radionuclides for Dating -- 4.4 Natural Nuclear Reactors -- 4.5 Cosmogenic Radionuclides -- 4.6 Natural Radionuclides in Igneous Rocks -- 4.7 Natural Radionuclides in Sedimentary Rocks and Soils -- 4.8 Natural Radionuclides in Sea Water -- 4.9 Radon Emissions -- 4.10 Natural Radionuclides in the Human Body -- References -- 5 Background Radiation -- 5.1 Radiation is Natural -- 5.2 Dose Units -- 5.3 Biological Consequences of Irradiation -- 5.4 Background Radiation -- References -- Further Reading -- 6 Power Utilisation of Nuclear Energy -- 6.1 Nuclear Energy Sources -- 6.2 Geothermal Energy -- 6.3 Radioisotope Thermoelectric Generators -- 6.4 Power Nuclear Reactors -- 6.5 Nuclear Fuel Cycle -- References. |
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| Beschreibung: | xiv, 497 Seiten Illustrationen |
| ISBN: | 9780081027028 978-0-08-102702-8 |