Radioactive Fallout after Nuclear Explosions and Accidents (Radioactivity in the Environment)
Edition: 1st edition
Publisher: Elsevier Science
Published: June 1, 2002
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 304
ISBN-13: 9780080438559
Subjects: Environmental impact of industrial disasters; Environmental impact of radiation; Radioactive Pollutants (Environmental Aspects); Radioactive Wastes; Technology; Consumer Health; Science/Mathematics; General; Safety; Science / Environmental Science; Engineering - Nuclear; Environmental Engineering & Technology; Environmental aspects; Nuclear explosions; Nuclear reactor accidents; Radioactive fallout; Radioactive pollution
First sentence: The ensuing contamination of the environment by radioactivity following a tropospheric nuclear explosion results from the spread of the explosion's radioactive products in the atmosphere and their subsequent deposition on the surrounding areas.