Atmospheric Nuclear Tests Environmental and Human Consequences [Hardcover]

Radionuclides produced by past nuclear weapon test explosions comprise the largest source of anthropogenic radioactivity released into the earth's atmosphere to date. This volume presents data and models about the fate of the released radionuclides and their possible effects on human health. It is divided into the following three parts:
- Source Term Studies;
- Dose Reconstruction;
- Ecological and Health Effects,
and comprises both Western and formerly secret Soviet research studies, illuminates past and current research.Proceedings of the NATO Advanced Research Workshop Atmospheric Nuclear Tests (Environmental and Human Consequences) , held in Vienna, Austria, January 10-14, 1994Radionuclides produced by past nuclear weapon test explosions comprise the largest source of anthropogenic radioactivity released into the earth's atmosphere to date. This volume presents data and models about the fate of the released radionuclides and their possible effects on human health. It is divided into the following three parts:
- Source Term Studies;
- Dose Reconstruction;
- Ecological and Health Effects,
and comprises both Western and formerly secret Soviet research studies, illuminates past and current research.INTRODUCTION: Scope-Radtest:RADioactivity from Nuclear TEST Explosions: The Human and Environmental Consequences. OVERVIEW: of the Proceedings and Papers of the NATO/SCOPE-RADTEST ARW in Vienna. SOURCE TERM STUDIES: SELECTED PAPERS. Some Characteristics of Atmospheric Nuclear Tests at the USSR Test Sites (1949-62). The Nevada Test Site Underground Radionuclide Source-Term Inventory. DOSE RECONSTRUCTION: SELECTED PAPERS AND ABSTRACTS. Long-range Atmospheric Transport of Radioactive Products from Nuclear Explosions Conducted in the USA, USSR, France and China after 1963. Methodological Approaches to the Reconstruction of Radioactive Fallout Patterns and Radiation Burdens from Nuclear Explosions. Radil3-