R F Mould

Chernobyl Record

The Definitive History of the Chernobyl Catastrophe

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

After describing why the Chernobyl accident occurred and eye witness accounts, this book examines the heavy impact on life, health, and the environment, including patients with acute radiation syndrome, resettlement of the population, dose measurement and estimation methods, the contamination of the environment, and the predicted cancer rate in the 21st century. Full of color photographs that document the damage suffered by the firemen as well as the effects in the sarcophagus, the book also covers the accidents at Three Mile Island, Kyshtym, and Tokaimura; the effects of the Hiroshoma and Nagasaki atomic bombs; and information concerning the semi-palatinsk nuclear weapons test site in the former USSR.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 428
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. Mai 2000
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 241mm x 161mm x 28mm
• Gewicht: 839g
• ISBN-13: 9780750306706
• ISBN-10: 075030670X
• Artikelnr.: 22056939

Autorenporträt

R.F Mould

Inhaltsangabe

List of Color Plates. Preface. Acknowledgments. About the Author. 1
Radiation Doses and Effects. 2 Nuclear Reactors. 3 Explosion. 4
Radionuclide Releases. 5 Early Medical Response and Follow-up of Patients
with Acute Radiation Syndrome. 6 Evacuation and Resettlement. 7
Sarcophagus. 8 Nuclear Power Past and Future. 9 Dose Measurement and
Estimation Methods. 10 Population Doses. Contamination in Farming, Milk,
Wild Animals and Fish. Decontamination. 13 Water Contamination. 14 Ground
Contamination. 15 Psychological Illness. 16 Other Non-Malignant Diseases
and Conditions. 17 Cancer Risk Specification. 18 Cancer. 19 The legasov
Testament. 20 Under the Star of Chernobyl. Glossary. References. Index.