Nuclear Energy and the Environment
：Environmental Sciences and Applications
Publication subTitle ：Environmental Sciences and Applications
Author： El-Hinnawi Essam E.
Publisher： Elsevier Science
Publication year： 2013
E-ISBN: 9781483189192
P-ISBN(Paperback): 9780080244723
Subject： X591 radioactive pollution and its prevention
Keyword： 环境科学、安全科学
Language： ENG
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Description
Nuclear Energy and the Environment provides an assessment, based on the opinions and findings of international experts in the field of atomic energy, of the environmental impact of the different stages of the nuclear fuel cycle.
Chapters in the book cover different subjects in the use of nuclear energy such as the environmental impacts of energy production and use; the environmental impact of mining and milling of radioactive ores, upgrading processes, and the fabrication of nuclear fuels; none radiological environmental implications of nuclear energy; and the technology and environmental hazards of nuclear waste disposal.
Nuclear scientists, environmentalists, ecologists, nuclear engineers, and policy makers will find the book interesting.