Remediation of Contaminated Environments

Remediation of Contaminated Environments summarises - amongst other things - what happened to the people and environment around Chernobyl (and other nuclear sites) and what measures need to be taken in future in the event of nuclear accidents etc. plus it has a very important and currently topical use in detailing what to do in the event of a terrorist dirty bomb attack on a city.

Remediation, including characterization of contaminated sites; safety requirements; remediation planning; effectiveness of individual measures in different environments; social, ethical and economic considerations; application of modern decision aiding technologiesApplicable to different categories of contaminated environments and contaminants, comprising areas contaminated by radiation accidents and incidents, nuclear weapon tests, natural radionuclides associated with nuclear fuel cycle, fossil material mining and gas and oil productionAssociated side effects (environmental and social) and human based remediation measures, comprising perception of this activity by the population; with particular regard to stakeholders and population involvement in making decisions on environmental safety and remediation of contaminated sites

Introduction, S.Fesenko, and G. Voigt
1. International approaches to remediation of territorial radioactive contamination, A.J. González
2. Site characterisation and measurement strategies for remediation purposes, S. Fesenko, L. Zeiller, and G. Voigt
3. Decision - aiding tools for remediation strategies, V. Shershakov, S. Fesenko, I. Kryshev, and N. Semioshkina
4. Remediation of areas contaminated after radiation accidents, R. M. Alexakhin
5. Remediation of sites contaminated by nuclear weapon tests in the Marshall Islands and Australia, P.R. Danesi
6. Remediation as part of the decommissioning of nuclear facilities, E. Falck, R. Seitz, M. Pearl, M. Audet, P. Schmidt, and H.M. Fernandes
7. Remediation Planning of Uranium Mining and Milling Facilities: The PriDneperovsky Chemical Plant Complex in Ukraine, O. Voitsekhovych, and T. Lavrova
8. Principles and technologies for remediation of uranium-contaminated environments, Yong-Guan Zhu, and Bao-Dong Chen
9. Effectiveness of remedial techniques for environments contaminated by artificial radionuclides, K.G. Andersson, and P. Roos
10. Environmental, social, ethical and economic aspects of remediation, D. Oughton, I. Bay-Larsen, and G. Voigt
Concluding remarks, G. Voigt, and S. Fesenko