Essays about: "Chernobyl accident"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 22 essays containing the words Chernobyl accident.

1. 1. Environmental radiation measurements at Barsebäck nuclear power plant during the decommissioning phase

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Sjukhusfysikerutbildningen

   Author : Patrik Dahlström; [2022]
   Keywords : Medicine and Health Sciences;

   Abstract : Background and aim: The Barsebäck nuclear power plant (NPP) units ceased operations in 1999 and 2005. Now the NPP is in the phase of decommissioning, which is a complicated process that will take many years to complete. Radiological characterization of the surrounding area is a part of the decommissioning process. READ MORE

3. 2. En kvalitativ studie av jakt på råbock under våren

   University essay from SLU/Dept. of Urban and Rural Development

   Author : Christine Aminoff; [2020]
   Keywords : rådjur; naturresurshantering; förvaltning; etik; traditioner; samverkan; konflikt;

   Abstract : För 30 år sedan infördes vårbockjakt som idag innefattar länen Västmanland, Uppsala, Gävleborg, Västernorrland och Västerbotten. Anledningen bakom be-slutet är kärnkraftsolyckan som skedde i Tjernobyl 1986 och innebar att radioaktivt nedfall föll över Sverige och att organismer som exempelvis svampar och lavar sög åt sig nedfallet. READ MORE

4. 3. Measurements of radioactivity in plant and soil samples taken near a nuclear power plant

   University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för teknikvetenskaper

   Author : Gjertrud Louise Langaas; [2016]
   Keywords : ;

   Abstract : This project is a study of six soil and vegetation samples taken near the nuclear power plant at Ringhals, Sweden. The purpose was to detect any signs of radioactivity in the soil and vegetation originating from the plant, while simultaneously giving insight on the advantages and limitations of using equipment from the radioecology lab at the Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences. READ MORE

5. 4. Nucleocrats don't sleep : The Cataclysm of Chernobyl as a Result of Technocratic Culture

   University essay from

   Author : Achim Klüppelberg; [2016]
   Keywords : Nuclear; Nucleocrats; Technocratic Culture; Chernobyl;

   Abstract : Even though the disintegration of block four at the nuclear power plant in Chernobyl happened a long time ago, the question of how this disaster could have developed is only insufficiently answered. Common interpretations with their emphasis on constructional and operative as well as regulative mistakes are not wrong, but describe instead only the symptoms and not the causes of the accident. READ MORE

6. 5. Risk perception and WTP in connection to radioactive substances in food products

   University essay from SLU/Dept. of Economics

   Author : Malin Lokrantz; [2016]
   Keywords : risk perception; WTP; radioactive substances; food hazards; ordered probit model;

   Abstract : Nuclear power accidents can have severe impact on land, animals and people. The perception of risk connected to nuclear power has been a topic for research for decades. Sweden was heavily effected by the nuclear accident at Chernobyl nuclear power plant. Approximately five percent of the radionuclides that spread ended up on Swedish ground. READ MORE