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title	:	Environmental Hazards : Radioactive Materials and Wastes : a Reference Handbook Contemporary World Issues
author	:	Miller, E. Willard.; Miller, Ruby M.
publisher	:	ABC-CLIO
isbn10 | asin	:	0874362342
print isbn13	:	9780874362343
ebook isbn13	:	9780585110547
language	:	English
subject	Radioactive pollution, Radiation.
publication date	:	1990
lcc	:	TD196.R3M55 1990eb
ddc	:	363.17/99
subject	:	Radioactive pollution, Radiation.

Page iii Environmental Hazards Radioactive Materials and Wastes A Reference Handbook E. Willard Miller Department of Geography Ruby M. Miller Pattee Library The Pennsylvania State University CONTEMPORARY WORLD ISSUES

Page iv Disclaimer: This book contains characters with diacritics. When the characters can be represented using the ISO 8859-1 character set ( http://www.w3.org/TR/images/latin1.gif ), netLibrary will represent them as they appear in the original text, and most computers will be able to show the full characters correctly. In order to keep the text searchable and readable on most computers, characters with diacritics that are not part of the ISO 8859-1 list will be represented without their diacritical marks. 1990 by ABC-CLIO, Inc. All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted, in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, or otherwise, except for the inclusion of brief quotations in a review, without prior permission in writing from the publishers. Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Miller, E. Willard (Eugene Willard), 1915 Environmental hazards : radioactive materials and wastes : a reference handbook / E. Willard Miller, Ruby M. Miller. p. cm. (Contemporary world issues) Includes bibliographical references. 1. Radioactive pollution. 2. Radiation. I. Miller, Ruby M. II. Title. III. Series. TD196.R3M55 1990 363.1799dc20 90-34159 ISBN 0-87436-234-2 (alk. paper) 97 96 95 94 93 92 91 90 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 ABC-CLIO, Inc. 130 Cremona Drive, P.O. Box 1911 Santa Barbara, California 93116-1911 Clio Press Ltd. 55 St. Thomas' Street Oxford, OXI IJG, England This book is Smyth-sewn and printed on acid-free paper. Manufactured in the United States of America

Page v Contents Preface ix 1 Radioactive Waste: A Perspective 1 Radiation 2 Nature of Radiation 2 Natural Sources of Radiation 3 Cosmic Rays 3 Cosmogenic Radionuclides 4 Primordial Radionuclides 4 Radon 5 Other Sources of Natural Radiation 7 Man-Made Sources of Radiation 9 Atomic Explosion 9 Nuclear Energy 14 Nuclear Fuel Cycle 15 Mining 15 Nuclear Fuel Reserves 19

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