Overview
- Comprehensive description of radioactivity sources in the Arctic and pathways of radioactivity pollution
- Innovative modellling approach
- Defines probable release scenarios and simulation studies
- Assesses possible radioactivity spreading from sunken submarine to Kola Peninsula
Part of the book series: Springer Praxis Books (PRAXIS)
Part of the book sub series: Geophysical Sciences (GEOPHYS)
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“Polar Seas Oceanography” describes a new tool called the Generic Model System for simulations and assessment of potential radioactive spreading in the Arctic regions, through rivers, estuaries, regional seas and the Arctic and Atlantic basin. It considers the present and future potential for spreading of radionuclear pollution from sources, such as from the major Russian processing plants through Siberian rivers as well as from European sources such as the UK Sellafield plant. The book provides support for decision making involving risk prevention, forecasting and readiness for probable crises, alerting and detection, relief and mitigation and damage assessment. The book combines the expertise of professionals from the radionuclear and climate-change sciences.
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Book Title: Radioactivity and Pollution in the Nordic Seas and Arctic
Book Subtitle: Observations, Modeling and Simulations
Authors: Ola M. Johannessen, Vladimir A. Volkov, Lasse H. Pettersson, Vladimir S. Maderich, Mark J. Zheleznyak, Yongqi Gao, Leonid P. Bobylev, Andrey V. Stepanov, Ivan A. Neelov, Viktor P. Tishkov, … Sven P. Nielsen
Series Title: Springer Praxis Books
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-49856-8
Publisher: Springer Berlin, Heidelberg
eBook Packages: Earth and Environmental Science, Earth and Environmental Science (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 2010
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-540-24232-1Published: 01 March 2010
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-642-26273-9Published: 25 March 2014
eBook ISBN: 978-3-540-49856-8Published: 25 April 2011
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XXXVI, 408
Topics: Oceanography, Earth Sciences, general, Remote Sensing/Photogrammetry