Radionuclide Concentrations in Food and the Environment - Michael Poschl

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Résumé :
As radiological residue, both naturally occurring and technologically driven, works its way through the ecosystem, we see its negative effects on the human population. This book provides the essential informative tool for understanding the environmental behavior of different radionuclides, their transfer through the ecosystem, subsequent concentrations in the raw food materials, an estimation of their human risks, and perspectives for transfer prevention. The book gives up-to-date information on monitoring programs and legislation, detection systems, safety protocols in radioanalytical laboratories and in food processing, as well as the effects of illicit trafficking and masking of radioactive materials by the growing radiological terrorist threat.