As the debate about the environmental cost of nuclear power and the issue of nuclear safety continues, a comprehensive assessment of the Chernobyl accident, its long-term environmental consequences and solutions to the problems found, is timely. Although many books have been published which discuss the accident itself and the immediate emergency response in great detail, none have dealt primarily with the environmental issues involved. The authors provide a detailed review of the long-term environmental consequences, in a wide range of ecosystems, many of which are only now becoming apparent. They also highlight responses and counter-measures to combat the environmental consequences and discuss health, social, psychological and economic impacts on the human population as well as the long-term effects on biota.
| ISBN: | 9783540238669 |
| Publication date: | 27th June 2006 |
| Author: | Jim Smith |
| Publisher: | Springer an imprint of Springer Berlin Heidelberg |
| Format: | Hardback |
| Pagination: | 200 pages |
| Series: | Springer-Praxis Books in Environmental Sciences |
| Genres: |
Medical physics Geology, geomorphology and the lithosphere Earth sciences |
As the debate about the environmental cost of nuclear power and the issue of nuclear safety continues, a comprehensive assessment of the Chernobyl accident, its long-term environmental consequences and solutions to the problems found, is timely. Although many books have been published which discuss the accident itself and the immediate emergency response in great detail, none have dealt primarily with the environmental issues involved. The authors provide a detailed review of the long-term environmental consequences, in a wide range of ecosystems, many of which are only now becoming apparent. They also highlight responses and counter-measures to combat the environmental consequences and discuss health, social, psychological and economic impacts on the human population as well as the long-term effects on biota.
Chernobyl features in the following genres: Medical physics, Geology, geomorphology and the lithosphere, Earth sciences
Chernobyl is available in Hardback
Chernobyl was written by Jim Smith and published by Springer an imprint of Springer Berlin Heidelberg
Chernobyl has 200 pages
Yes it is part of Springer-Praxis Books in Environmental Sciences series