Nuclear and Radiochemistry

Environmental radiochemistry

Environmental radiochemistry has advanced significantly in the world during the last half-century as an important branch of radiochemistry. Since there are serious concerns about the safety of high-level radioactive wastes, the diffusion, migration, sorption in environmental media, and uptake by plants and aquatic animals of weakly sorbet and long-lived radionuclides must be thoroughly understood in terms of geologic repository safety assessmen