Radionuclides and Heavy Metals in Environment

Front Matter....Pages i-xvi
Tracking the Behaviour of Plutonium in Man....Pages 1-8
Accelerator Mass Spectrometry for Plutonrom Isotopes: Methods and Procedures....Pages 9-18
Man-Made Plutonium in Environment — Possible Hazard for Human Health....Pages 19-27
 90 Sr And 137 Cs Activity in Surface Soil Samples from Some Areas Affected by the “mayak” Plutonium Production Association....Pages 29-36
Actinide Determination in Environment (Liquids, Soils, Aerosols)....Pages 37-42
Chernobyl “Hot Particles”: Radionuclide Composition and Contribution in the Total Soil Radioactivity....Pages 43-48
Dating of Radioactive Contamination of a Locality in the Southern Regions of the Western Kazakhstan....Pages 49-53
Destruction of Fuel Particles from the Chernobyl Fall-Out on the Territory of Belarus....Pages 55-60
Determination of Actinides in Biological Samples in Belarus....Pages 61-66
Determination of Diffusion Coefficients of In, Cd, Hf and Pu Hydrated Ions in Aqueous Solutions Using the Method of Horizontal Zone Electrophoresis in Free Electrolyte....Pages 67-70
High-Sensitive Determinations of Pu and Am Content in Human Tissues....Pages 71-76
Isotopic Composition of Uranium in the Products of Accidental Ejection from the Chernobyl NPP....Pages 77-84
Methods of High — Sensitive Analysis of Actinides in Liquid Radioactive Waste....Pages 85-85
Non-Destructive Method of Pu and U Isotope Determination in Specimens....Pages 87-91
Radioecological Analysis of Vietnam Soil Samples....Pages 93-100
Radioecological Researches in INP NNC RK (Almaty)....Pages 101-106
Radioisotopes in Life Sciences. The Production of High-Pure Radionuclide Sources at FLNR, JINR....Pages 107-112
Radionuclides in Bones of Wild, Herbivorous Animals from North-Eastern Poland....Pages 113-120
Some Man-Made and Natural Radionuclffle Profiles in the Bottom Sediments of the Black Sea....Pages 121-126
The Contamination of Belarus Territory by Transuranium Elements....Pages 127-134
Trace Element Analysis of Actinides in Natural Waters and Soils Using (γ, f) Reaction....Pages 135-141
Treatment of Radioactive Waste Solutions Using Local Clay Minerals....Pages 143-148
Use of Mosses to Monitor Trace Element Deposition from the Atmosphere: Why and How....Pages 149-156
Biomonitoring Trace Element Atmospheric Deposition: An Internationally Harmonised Approach....Pages 157-164
Study of Trace Elements in Annual Segments of Moss Biomonitors Using Epithermal Neutron Activation Analysis: Link with Atmospheric Aerosol....Pages 165-170
The Use of Lichens and Mosses to Monitor Trace Element Pollution in Slovenia....Pages 171-178
New Results from Air Pollution Studies in Romania....Pages 179-190
Neutron Activation Analysis of Surficial Sediments from the South-West Part of the Black Sea....Pages 191-194
Nuclear and Related Analytical Techniques Used to Study the Anthropogenic Impact on the Sister River in the Vicinity of the Town of Klin (Moscow Region, Russia)....Pages 195-200
Enzymatic Method for Heavy Metals Determination in Waters and Soils....Pages 201-208
Heavy Metals in Food Products and Biological Samples from the Gdańsk District....Pages 209-216
Human Hair Composition in Environment Monitoring and Mapping....Pages 217-225
Environmental Sampling and Analysis of Coal Fly Ash Intended for Use in Roads....Pages 227-236
The Pollution of the Environment Caused by Lead Dumping After the Chornobyl NPP Accident — Myth or Reality?....Pages 237-244
Development of the Method of Bacterial Leaching of Metals Out of Low-Grade Ores, Rocks, and Industrial Wastes Using Neutron Activation Analysis....Pages 245-257
About a Complex Method to Predict Earthquakes Based on Observations of Rn, H 2 , He, Ne, Organic Gases and Heavy Elements from Aerosols....Pages 259-262
Chemical Nature of Seismic Phenomena....Pages 263-272
Determination of Radionuclides, Toxic Heavy Metals and Trace Elements in Environmental Samples....Pages 273-282
Development of Simultaneous Radon and Gamma Measurements for the Environment: Applications for Monitoring Nuclear Waste Storage....Pages 283-290
Dynamics of Subsoil Radon within the Geodynamically Active Regions of Turkmenistan....Pages 291-296
Low Activity Beta-Alpha Radiometer (LABAR)....Pages 297-304
Monitoring and Management of Mountain Environment....Pages 305-312
Radionuclide and Heavy Metal Pollution in Romania....Pages 313-318
Radon Over Volcanic and Seismic Areas....Pages 319-330
Rapid Changes of Some Geophysical Parameters in the Nature....Pages 331-334
Some Global Environmental Issues of the 21 st Century....Pages 335-348
Track Methods of Measurements in the Environment Developed in the Khlopin Radium Institute....Pages 349-360
An Accelerator Based Nuclear Analytical Method for the Analysis of Environmental Samples....Pages 361-366
ADS (Accelerator-Driven Systems) — A New Technology to Destroy Completely Long-Lived Radwaste....Pages 367-378
Electronuclear Technology for the Incineration of Plutonium....Pages 379-384
Fission of Pb Nuclei Induced by 0.5, 1.0, 1.5, 3.7 and 7.4 GeV Protons in the Volume of Massive U/Pb and Pb Targets....Pages 385-385
Back Matter....Pages 387-392