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NUCLEAR ISSUES IN THE 21ST CENTURY : invisible radiation effects on life.

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: NEW YORK : NOVA Science, 2020.Description: 396 pagesISBN:
  • 9781536169492
Subject(s): LOC classification:
  • QC776  O541 2020
Contents:
Part I: Introduction Chapter 1. The Basis of the Radiation Problems: Chemical vs Nuclear Reactions Part II. The Health Effects of Radiation Observed So Far Chapter 2. Effects on Workers in the Uranium Mines and People Living Nearby Chapter 3. Radium City/Girls, Thorotrast and Others Chapter 4. Radiation Effects in Hiroshima and Nagasaki Chapter 5. Nuclear Weapons Manufacturing Chapter 6. Fallout from Nuclear Weapon Tests Chapter 7. Accidents at Nuclear Facilities Chapter 8. Chernobyl Accident Chapter 9. Fukushima Dai-ichi Nuclear Power Plant Accident (F-1 NPP) Chapter 10. Nuclear Power Plants (NPP) under Normal Operating Conditions Chapter 11. Other Incidents of Radiation Effects Chapter 12. Effects of Natural Radiation Part III: Radiation Effects: General Consideration Chapter 13. Radiation: What is it? Chapter 14. Radiation Energy vs Chemical Energy Chapter 15. Effects of Radiation on Biomolecules in Living Organisms Chapter 16. Effects of Low Level Radiation on Cancers: LNT Hypothesis Part IV. Radiation Effects: Mechanisms Chapter 17. Forms of Radioactive Nuclides Released Chapter 18. External vs Internal Exposure Chapter 19. Behaviors of Radioactive Substances in Human Body Chapter 20. Targets of Radiation Chapter 21. Physiological Manifestations of Radiation Effects Part V. The Attitude toward Radiation of Various Sectors of Society Chapter 22. Development of Radiation Science Chapter 23. Nuclear Industry and the Society Part VI: No Nuke on This Planet Postscript
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Part I: Introduction

Chapter 1. The Basis of the Radiation Problems: Chemical vs Nuclear Reactions

Part II. The Health Effects of Radiation Observed So Far

Chapter 2. Effects on Workers in the Uranium Mines and People Living Nearby

Chapter 3. Radium City/Girls, Thorotrast and Others

Chapter 4. Radiation Effects in Hiroshima and Nagasaki

Chapter 5. Nuclear Weapons Manufacturing

Chapter 6. Fallout from Nuclear Weapon Tests

Chapter 7. Accidents at Nuclear Facilities

Chapter 8. Chernobyl Accident

Chapter 9. Fukushima Dai-ichi Nuclear Power Plant Accident (F-1 NPP)

Chapter 10. Nuclear Power Plants (NPP) under Normal Operating Conditions

Chapter 11. Other Incidents of Radiation Effects

Chapter 12. Effects of Natural Radiation

Part III: Radiation Effects: General Consideration

Chapter 13. Radiation: What is it?

Chapter 14. Radiation Energy vs Chemical Energy

Chapter 15. Effects of Radiation on Biomolecules in Living Organisms

Chapter 16. Effects of Low Level Radiation on Cancers: LNT Hypothesis

Part IV. Radiation Effects: Mechanisms

Chapter 17. Forms of Radioactive Nuclides Released

Chapter 18. External vs Internal Exposure

Chapter 19. Behaviors of Radioactive Substances in Human Body

Chapter 20. Targets of Radiation

Chapter 21. Physiological Manifestations of Radiation Effects

Part V. The Attitude toward Radiation of Various Sectors of Society

Chapter 22. Development of Radiation Science

Chapter 23. Nuclear Industry and the Society

Part VI: No Nuke on This Planet

Postscript

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