Radioecology

Radioecology is the science of the spread and behavior of radionuclides (atoms that decay and produce radiation) in the environment. Radioecology deals very comprehensively with the formation and decay of radioactive material, its interaction with the environment and its distribution.

As a sub-area of radiation protection , the scientists investigate and describe the release of radionuclides from both natural and artificial sources, their distribution between different environmental reservoirs and their spread in the air, water and soil. Radioecology also determines the basis for calculating the radiation dose to humans and other living beings through the absorption of the radionuclides into the body and through external radiation.

Methods of radioecology are propagation experiments , radiochemical analyzes, the measurement of radionuclides and computer simulations of propagation.

Web links

• What is radioecology: Institute for Radioecology and Radiation Protection Hanover

Individual evidence

1. ^ Daniela Siehl: Current and future tasks in radioecology: closed meeting of the "Radioecology" committee of the Radiation Protection Commission on 25./26. July 2001 . Urban & Fischer, 2003, ISBN 978-3-437-21489-9 .
2. ^ Thomas Herrmann: Nova acta Leopoldina . JA Barth, 2008, p. S. 113, 114 Current status of radioecology (accessed October 29, 2014).
3. ↑ Broder Merkel, Mandy Schipek: The New Uranium Mining Boom: Challenge and lessons learned . Springer Science & Business Media, 6 October 2011, ISBN 978-3-642-22122-4 , p. 65.
4. ↑ Olaf M. Johannessen, Vladimir A. Volkov, Lasse H. Pettersson, Helge Drange, Yongqi Gao, Vladimir S. Maderich, Ivan A. Neelov, Sven P. Nielsen, Leonid P. Bobylev, Andrey V. Stepanov, Mark J. Zheleznyak, Victor Tishkov: Radioactivity and Pollution in the Nordic Seas and Arctic: Observations, Modeling and Simulations . Springer Science & Business Media, 2011, ISBN 978-3-540-49856-8 , pp. 147–148 ( Google Books [accessed October 29, 2014]).