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Umfang: 1 online resource (various pagings) : , illustrations (chiefly color).

ISBN: 9780750313568 , 0750313560

Serie: [IOP release 6]

Inhalt: Nuclear new build provides major opportunities for the nuclear supply chain and skilled workforce. The scale of the new build ambitions, coupled with increasing demand throughout the nuclear fuel cycle and high average age of the existing qualified and experienced workforce has heightened concerns of further skills gaps. One of the key 'skills' gaps relates to the field of radiological protection in particular modelling and measuring doses accrued by the public under both normal operational discharges and accident scenarios. This book is an essential introduction to basic principles of radiation protection and aerosol physics. Also discussed are the specific difficulties with the monitoring and the health detriment associated with the more mobile and problematic radionuclides.

Anmerkung: "Version: 20190301"--Title page verso. , 1. Radiation physics and the structure of matter -- 1.1. The structure of the atom -- 1.2. Mass, atomic numbers and isotopes -- 1.3. Ionising radiation -- 1.4. Mechanism of radioactive decay -- 1.5. Decay chains and equilibrium -- 1.6. The nuclide chart -- 1.7. Types of radioactive decay -- 1.8. Penetrating powers of ionising radiation -- 1.9. Summary , 2. Sources of radioactive discharges -- 2.1. Discharges from civil nuclear industry -- 2.2. Discharges from other nuclear facilities -- 2.3. Discharges from non-nuclear facilities -- 2.4. Physiochemical form and duration of radioactive discharges -- 2.5. Source term -- 2.6. Summary , 3. Aerosol physics and dispersion modelling -- 3.1. Aerosols--particulate size and particulate concentration -- 3.2. Aerosol stability -- 3.3. Aerosol motion without external forces -- 3.4. Sedimentation -- 3.5. Diffusion and the Gaussian plume -- 3.6. Dispersion modelling -- 3.7. Summary , 4. Exposure pathways -- 4.1. The human environment -- 4.2. Cloudshine from the plume of radioactivity -- 4.3. Groundshine from the deposited particulate -- 4.4. Inhalation of aerosols -- 4.5. Ingestion of contaminated food products -- 4.6. Representative person -- 4.7. Novel pathways -- 4.8. Impacts to flora and fauna as a result of radioactive discharges -- 4.9. Summary , 5. Principles of dose and biological effects of radiation -- 5.1. Absorbed dose -- 5.2. Equivalent dose -- 5.3. Effective dose -- 5.4. Basic human physiology -- 5.5. Cell biology -- 5.6. Deterministic effects -- 5.7. Stochastic effects -- 5.8. Dose conversion coefficients -- 5.9. Doses in the context of radioactive discharges -- 5.10. Summary , 6. Environmental monitoring systems -- 6.1. Sampling radioactive discharges at source -- 6.2. Sampling of radioactive discharges in the environment -- 6.3. Summary , 7. Radiation detection and measurement -- 7.1. Gas based detectors -- 7.2. Semiconductor detectors -- 7.3. Scintillation detectors -- 7.4. Counting systems versus spectroscopy -- 7.5. Typical applications of detector technologies -- 7.6. Criteria for selecting the right detector -- 7.7. Summary , 8. International legislation and standards -- 8.1. International commission on radiological protection (ICRP) recommendations and standards -- 8.2. International conventions, standards and directives -- 8.3. The EURATOM treaty and directives -- 8.4. Summary , 9. UK regulation and guidance -- 9.1. Environmental permitting regulations -- 9.2. Environmental Authorisations (Scotland) regulations -- 9.3. Nuclear installations act -- 9.4. Ionising radiations regulations -- 9.5. Radiation (emergency preparedness and public information) regulations -- 9.6. Impact of BREXIT -- 9.7. Summary. , Also available in print. , Mode of access: World Wide Web. , System requirements: Adobe Acrobat Reader, EPUB reader, or Kindle reader.

Weitere Ausg.: ISBN 9780750313575

Weitere Ausg.: ISBN 0750313579

Sprache: Englisch

DOI: 10.1088/2053-2563/aafa6d

URL: https://iopscience.iop.org/book/978-0-7503-1356-8