Chernobyl – What Have We Learned? The Successes and Failures to Mitigate Water Contamination over 20 Years /

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Onishi, Yasuo (Editor), Voitsekhovich, Oleg V. (Editor), Zheleznyak, Mark J. (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands, 2007.
• Series: Environmental Pollution, 12
• Subjects: Environment.; Radiation protection.; Radiation > Safety measures.; Environmental management.; Ecotoxicology.; Pollution.; Water pollution.; Waste Water Technology / Water Pollution Control / Water Management / Aquatic Pollution.; Pollution, general.; Environment, general.; Effects of Radiation/Radiation Protection.; Environmental Management.

Twenty million people have been exposed to Chernobyl radionuclides through the Dnieper River aquatic pathways. This book presents a 20-year historical overview and comprehensive study results of the aquatic environment affected by the 1986 Chernobyl nuclear accident. During this time, many water qua...

Table of Contents:

• Soviet-Built Nuclear Plants and Their Safety
• The Chernobyl Accident and Its Aquatic Impacts on the Surrounding Area
• Radioecological Aspects of Water Use
• Population Dose Estimate Due to Aquatic Pathways
• Radiation Risk Assessment and Countermeasure Justification
• Management of the Fresh Water Environment in the Chernobyl Affected Area
• Water Protection Measures for Radioactive Groundwater Contamination in the CEZ
• Where Do We Go from Here? Construction of the New Safe Confinement
• Summary and Conclusions.