Description
Environmental Remediation and Restoration of Contaminated Nuclear and Norm Sites
Woodhead Publishing Series in Energy Series
Coordinator: van Velzen L
Language: EnglishSubject for Environmental Remediation and Restoration of...:
Keywords
Advection; Aspirations; Bioaccumulation; Biocrystallization; Bioremediation; Concerns; Contaminated soils; Cost-benefit; Delicensing; Dialogue; Diffusion; Discharges; Dose impact; Effluents; Electrokinetic remediation; End state; Engagement; Environmental impacts; Ex situ; Groundwater treatment processes; Impact assessment; In situ; Ion exchange treatment for radionuclides; Long-term stewardship; Migration; Mill tailings; Modelling codes; NORM and nuclear sites; Norm sites; Nuclear accidents; Nuclear power plants; Nuclear sites; Partnership; Precipitation of radionuclides; Radioactive substances; Radioactively contaminated sites; Radionuclide removal from groundwater; Radionuclides; Regulatory supervision; Releases; Retention; Risk assessment; Screening tools; Simulation; Soil; Soil flushing; Solidification and stabilization; Speciation; Stakeholder; Trust; Uranium milling; Uranium mining; Vitrification
276 p. · 15x22.8 cm · Hardback
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Part 1 Contaminated nuclear and NORM sites: types and characteristics 1. Radioactive and other environmental contamination from uranium mining and milling 2. Radioactive contamination and other environmental impacts of waste from nuclear and conventional power plants, medical and other industrial sources 3. Radionuclide behaviour in the natural environment: an overview Part 2 Environmental restoration frameworks and processes 4. Stakeholder involvement in the remediation of contaminated nuclear and NORM sites 5. International recommendations and guidance on regulation of contaminated nuclear and NORM sites, and aspects of national level application 6. Modelling of radionuclide distribution in contaminated nuclear and NORM sites 7. Risk assessment and cost-benefit analysis for the restoration of contaminated nuclear and NORM sites Part 3 Remediation techniques and waste disposal 8. Electrokinetic remediation and other physico-chemical remediation techniques for in situ treatment of soil from contaminated nuclear and NORM sites 9. In situ and ex situ bioremediation of radionuclides of contaminated soils from nuclear and NORM sites 10. Physical, chemical and biological treatment of groundwater at contaminated nuclear and NORM sites
Environmental technologists specialising in the remediation of contaminated nuclear sites, consultants, academics and postgraduate studentswith an interest in environmental remediation of contaminated nuclear sites (from a variety of departments including environmental engineering, radiochemistry, nuclear engineering, biology, ecology)
- Explores types and characteristics of contaminated nuclear and NORM sites
- Provides an in depth guide to environmental restoration frameworks and processes including stakeholder involvement, risk assessment and cost-benefit analysis in the remediation and restoration of contaminated nuclear and NORM sites
- Offers coverage of remediation techniques and waste disposal from electrokinetic remediation to in situ and ex situ bioremediation of radionuclides contaminated soils