Title: Chapter 1 Origin and Distribution of Radionuclides in the Continental Environment
Abstract: This chapter describes the origins, sources, and production of the various types of radionuclides, including primordial, radiogenic, cosmogenic, and anthropogenic radionuclides, and their global distributions in the environment. Radionuclides are found naturally in air, water, and soil. They are even found in humans as they are products of environment. Humans inhale and ingest radionuclides with air, food, and water. Natural radioactivity is common in the rocks and soil that make up the planet, in water and oceans, and in building materials and homes. There is nowhere on Earth where natural radioactivity is not found. Everything on the Earth evolved, for better or worse, in this radioactive environment. While evaluating the radioactivity at a given location, its variability in space and time has to be taken into account; this includes variation due to the geology of the region, chemical and physical mobility of natural radionuclides, and man's impact on the environment.
Publication Year: 2009
Publication Date: 2009-01-01
Language: en
Type: book-chapter
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