Radiobiology and Environmental Security

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Mothersill, Carmel E. (Editor), Korogodina, Victoria (Editor), Seymour, Colin B. (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands, 2012.
• Series: NATO Science for Peace and Security Series C: Environmental Security,
• Subjects: Environment.; Pharmacology.; Biophysics.; Biological physics.; Radiation protection.; Radiation > Safety measures.; Ecotoxicology.; Environmental economics.; Effects of Radiation/Radiation Protection.; Biophysics and Biological Physics.; Pharmacology/Toxicology.; Environmental Economics.

This volume – like the NATO Advanced Research Workshop on which it is based –  addresses the fundamental science that contributes to our understanding of the potential risks from ecological terrorism,  i.e. dirty bombs, atomic explosions, intentional release of radionuclides into water or air. Both...