Radionuclides in the environment

摘要

Studies of radionuclides in the environment have entered a new era, in the face of the renaissance of nuclear energy and concerns about national security with respect to nuclear non-proliferation. With the perspective of reducing the reliance on fossil fuels and the emissions of green-house gases, nuclear power will likely undergo rebirth in North America and Western Europe, while it has been enjoying rapidly increasing importance in the energy structure in Asia. This work focuses on the overview of radionuclide contamination from the nuclear operations, as well as the geochemical behavior of important radionuclides.