The Absorption and Translocation by Plants of Radioactive Elements from "jangle" Soil
Author : A. A. Selders
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Page : 28 pages
File Size : 27,70 MB
Release : 1953
Category : Plants
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Author : A. A. Selders
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Page : 28 pages
File Size : 27,70 MB
Release : 1953
Category : Plants
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Author : A. A. Selders
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Page : 24 pages
File Size : 37,64 MB
Release : 1955
Category : Islands of the Pacific
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Author : Vsevolod Mavrikievich Klechkovskii
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Page : 232 pages
File Size : 40,2 MB
Release : 1957
Category : Agricultural chemistry
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Author : Dharmendra Kumar Gupta
Publisher : Springer
Page : 315 pages
File Size : 16,62 MB
Release : 2014-07-14
Category : Science
ISBN : 3319076655
This book focuses on the mechanistic (microscopic) understanding of radionuclide uptake by plants in contaminated soils and potential use of phytoremediation. The key features concern radionuclide toxicity in plants, how the radioactive materials are absorbed by plants, and how the plants cope with the toxic responses. The respective chapters examine soil classification, natural plant selection, speciation of actinides, kinetic modeling, and case studies on cesium uptake after radiation accidents. Radionuclide contaminants pose serious problems for biological systems, due to their chemical toxicity and radiological effects. The processes by which radionuclides can be incorporated into vegetation can either originate from activity interception by external plant surfaces (either directly from the atmosphere or from resuspended material), or through uptake of radionuclides via the root system. Subsequent transfer of toxic elements to the human food chain is a concrete danger. Therefore, the molecular mechanisms and genetic basis of transport into and within plants needs to be understood for two reasons: The effectiveness of radionuclide uptake into crop plants – so-called transfer coefficient – is a prerequisite for the calculation of dose due to the food path. On the other hand, efficient radionuclide transfer into plants can be made use of for decontamination of land – so-called phytoremediation, the direct use of living, green plants for in situ removal of pollutants from the environment or to reduce their concentrations to harmless levels.
Author : Maurice H. Frere
Publisher : National Academies
Page : 50 pages
File Size : 30,61 MB
Release : 1963
Category : Agriculture and energy
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Page : 140 pages
File Size : 34,71 MB
Release : 1958
Category : Radioactive waste disposal
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Page : 142 pages
File Size : 16,99 MB
Release : 1958
Category : Energy development
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Author : Hugh Ellison Voress
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Page : 84 pages
File Size : 28,18 MB
Release : 1959
Category : Radioactive fallout
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Author : Nevada Applied Ecology Group
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Page : 416 pages
File Size : 47,8 MB
Release : 1974
Category : Desert ecology
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Page : 198 pages
File Size : 10,91 MB
Release : 1961
Category : Radioactive fallout
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