The global growth of the nuclear power industry will require a complete understanding of the impact of radionuclides in the environment. A great deal is known about the sources of radionuclides and their occurrence in the environment. However, the basic chemistry of these elements is a continually growing area of research. There is no single resource for obtaining a holistic understanding of radionuclide environmental chemisty. The proposed book will provide this resource with an element-specific coverage of the occurrence, chemistry, and speciation of environmental radionuclides written by experts in the area. The coverage for each element will be presented in a standard format, which will make it easier for the user to find all relevant information: 1. Occurrence 2. Chemistry and Speciation with regards to: a) soil (with adsorption or reactions on humic matter and mineral phases) b) water (may include biological uptake where this information is known) c) air (if applicable) 3. Separation Techniques 4. Analytical Characterization Techniques 5. Remediation (potential techniques or existing technologies) The 2nd Edition of the Encyclopedia of Inorganic Chemistry and the online version EIC did not cover the behavior of elements in the environment and the radioactive properties of the elements. This volume will therefore be an important addition to the Encyclopedia of Inorganic Chemistry.

Leseprobe

List of Contributors. Series Preface. Volume Preface. Natural Radioactivity (Dominic Lariviere and Nicolas Guerin). Anthropogenic Radioactivity(Jerzy W. Mietelski). Speciation (Brit Salbu). Tritium (Dan Galeriu and Anca Melintescu). Potassium (Taehong Jun, Olga G. Tsay and David G. Churchill). Cesium (Enrique Lima). Strontium (Francisco Javier Guillen, Antonio Baeza, and Alejandro Salas). Radium (Edward R. Landa, Hildegarde Vandenhove and Freddy Verrezen). Phosphorus (Kibong Kim and David G. Churchill). Sulfur (Olga G. Tsay and David G. Churchill). Selenium (Daniel Ashworth and George Shaw). Indium (Rudolf J. Wehmschulte). Thallium (Rudolf J. Wehmschulte). Lead (Asnor Azrin Sabuti and Che Abd Rahim Mohamed). Polonium (Lubna Alam and Che Abd Rahim bin Mohamed). Chlorine (Daniel Ashworth and George Shaw). Iodine (Jean E. Moran and Qinhong Hu). Xenon (Paul R.J. Saey). Radon (Bliss L. Tracy). Cobalt (Enrique Lima). Technetium (Qinhong Hu). Rhenium (Keiko Tagami and Shigeo Uchida). Europium (Xiangke Wang and Jiaxing Li). Thorium (Zal Uyun Wan Mahmood and Che Abd Rahim Mohamed). Protactinium (Asamuddin Abu Hasan and Che Abd Rahim Mohamed). Uranium (Hildegarde Vandenhove, Christian Hurtgen and Timothy E. Payne). Neptunium (Wolfgang Runde and George S. Goff). Plutonium (Mary P. Neu, George S. Goff and Wolfgang Runde). Americium and Curium (Wolfgang Runde). Oceans and Seas (Michio Aoyama). Pacific Ocean (Michio Aoyama). Atlantic Ocean (Peter Kershaw). Indian Ocean (Pavel P. Povinec). Arctic Ocean (Agata Zaborska and JoLynn Carroll). Mediterranean Sea (Roberta Delfanti and Carlo Papucci). Baltic Sea (Erkki Ilus, Iisa Outola, Tarja Ikaheimonen, Gunter Kanisch, Iolanda Osvath, Jukka Mattila, Jurgen Herrmann, Maria Luning and Sven P. Nielsen). Black Sea (Iolanda Osvath, Victor Egorov, Sergey Gulin and Gennady Polikarpov). Global Trends in Cesium Distribution (Yayoi Inomata). Civilian Nuclear Accidents (Wolfgang Runde, Mary Neu, and George S. Goff). Oak Ridge Reservation (Philip M. Jardine, Scott C. Brooks and David B. Watson). Index.