Nuclear power and the environment
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Nuclear power and the environment
（Issues in environmental science and technology / editors, R.E. Hester and R.M. Harrison, v. 32）
RSC Pub., c2011
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Includes bibliographical references and index
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Description
The environmental implications of generating electric power from nuclear fission have been a matter of concern since the construction of the earliest nuclear reactors and power stations in the 1950s. After two or more decades of construction of nuclear power stations, this ceased in many countries, largely as a result of concerns for the environment and human health. However, the pressing need to reduce greenhouse gas emissions is leading many countries to plan extensive new programmes of construction of nuclear power stations which serves to re-emphasise concerns over environmental impacts. Volume 32 of the Issues in Environmental Science and Technology series is concerned with reviewing the political and social context for nuclear power generation, the nuclear fuel cycles and their implications for the environment. Known issues of nuclear accidents, the legacy of contaminated land and low level waste, and the decommissioning of nuclear sites are considered together with a more forward look at the deep geological disposal of high level waste and the pathways of radioactive substances in the environment and their implications for human and non-human organisms. This topical work will be of interest to scientists and policy makers working within this field or related areas as well as advanced students.
Table of Contents
- Nuclear Power Generation u Past, Present and Future
- Discharges from the Nuclear Fuel Cycle
- Nuclear Accidents
- Management of the Nuclear Legacy u Contaminated Land and Low-Level Waste
- Decommissioning of Nuclear Sites
- Geological Disposal of High Level Waste
- Pathways of Radioactive Substances in the Environment
- Environmental Consequences of Radioactivity
- Human Consequences of Environmental Radioactivity
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