RadionuclidesintheEnvironment(EICBooks)

Theglobalgrowthofthenuclearpowerindustrywillrequireacompleteunderstandingoftheimpactofradionuclidesintheenvironment.Agreatdealisknownaboutthesourcesofradionuclidesandtheiroccurrenceintheenvironment.However,thebasicchemistryoftheseelementsisacontinuallygrowingareaofresearch.Thereisnosingleresourceforobtainingaholisticunderstandingofradionuclideenvironmentalchemisty.Theproposedbookwillprovidethisresourcewithanelement-specificcoverageoftheoccurrence,chemistry,andspeciationofenvironmentalradionuclideswrittenbyexpertsinthearea.Thecoverageforeachelementwillbepresentedinastandardformat,whichwillmakeiteasierfortheusertofindallrelevantinformation:1.Occurrence2.ChemistryandSpeciationwithregardsto:a)soil(withadsorptionorreactionsonhumicmatterandmineralphases)b)water(mayincludebiologicaluptakewherethisinformationisknown)c)air(ifapplicable)3.SeparationTechniques4.AnalyticalCharacterizationTechniques5.Remediation(potentialtechniquesorexistingtechnologies)The2ndEditionoftheEncyclopediaofInorganicChemistryandtheonlineversionEICdidnotcoverthebehaviorofelementsintheenvironmentandtheradioactivepropertiesoftheelements.ThisvolumewillthereforebeanimportantadditiontotheEncyclopediaofInorganicChemistry.