Radioactivity in the environment (including the Arctic and Antarctic). The International Conference in Nice, France, 2-6 October 2005

Title: Radioactivity in the environment (including the Arctic and Antarctic). The International Conference in Nice, France, 2-6 October 2005

Author: Strand, P.; Brown, J.

Reference: Journal of Environmental Radioactivity, July-Sept. 2007, vol.96, no.1-3, pp. 1-5

doi: 10.1016/j.jenvrad.2007.01.014

Keywords: radiation monitoring; radioactive pollution; radioactivity measurement; risk management; Arctic region; Antarctic region; radioecology; environmental radioactivity; ecosystems; empirical data; modelling tools; Chernobyl Accident; technologically enhanced naturally occurring radioactive materials; TENORM; environment protection; radioactivity measurement; radioactivity monitoring; risk assessment; risk management

Abstract: Understanding the behaviour of radionuclides in ecosystems and studying the subsequent consequences of exposure to radiation on man and the environment, through analyses of empirical data and use of modelling tools, has traditionally been a mainstay of radioecological sciences. Following a period of intense atmospheric nuclear weapons tests in the late 1950s and early 1960s, scientists were provided with the first insights into the consequences of global contamination by radioactivity and the transfer and fate of radionuclides in the environment. It became clear during these early studies that some radionuclides, notably ¹³⁷Cs and ⁹⁰Sr, could be relatively easily transferred through terrestrial and aquatic food-chains resulting in potential exposure of radioactivity to human populations via ingestion.

URL: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0265931X0700063X

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