This book provides extensive and comprehensive knowledge to the
researchers/academics who are working in the field of cesium
contaminated sites, and the impact on plants. This book is also
helpful for graduate and undergraduate students who are specializing
in radioecology or safe disposal of radioactive waste, remediation of
legacies and the impact on the environment. Radiocesium (137Cs and
134Cs) was released into the environment as a result of nuclear
weapons testing in 1950s and 1960s (~1x1018 Bq), and later due to the
Chernobyl accident in 1986 (8.5x1016 Bq) and Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear
Power Plant in 2011 (~1x1017 Bq). 137Cs is still of relevance due to
its half-life of 30 years. The study of radioisotope 137Cs is
important, as production and emission rates are high compared to other
radioisotopes, due to high fission yield and high volatility. This
book contains original work and reviews on how cesium is released into
the environment on translocation from soil to plants and further on to
animals and into the human food chain. Separate chapters focus on the
effective half-life of cesium in plants and on how different cultivars
are responding in accumulation of cesium. Other key chapters focus on
cesium impact on single cells to higher plants and also on remediation
measures as well as on basic mechanism used for remedial options and
analysis of transfer factors. The book rounds off by contributions on
cesium uptake and translocation and its toxicity in plants after the
Chernobyl and Fukushima accidents.
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Product details
ISBN
9783319415253
Published
2018
Publisher
Springer Nature
Language
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Digital bok
Author