Essays about: "radioactive substances"

Found 5 essays containing the words radioactive substances.

  1. 1. Does Proximity Matter? A quantitative study of residential return after a hypothetical nuclear accident in Sweden

    University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Graduate School

    Author : Jennifer Cardell; [2020-07-10]
    Keywords : Nuclear accident; Geographical proximity; Residential return; Hypothetical scenario; Ordered logistic regression;

    Abstract : After observing an unwillingness to return among the residents in Fukushima following the nuclear accident in 2011, the question has been raised whether a similar response to a nuclear fallout should be expected among Swedish residents. One determinant of this response is the geographical proximity of the resident to the nearest nuclear plant. READ MORE

  3. 2. 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

  4. 3. Investigation and calibration of various detection systems which can be used for emergency internal contamination checks

    University essay from KTH/Reaktorfysik

    Author : Eleftherios D. Karachalias; [2013]
    Keywords : ;

    Abstract : In the case of a nuclear accident, the release of radioactive substances into the environment may pose a significant threat for the public health. One of the main concerns is radioactive iodine which tends to accumulate in the thyroid causing damage to the gland and increasing the cancer risk. READ MORE

  5. 4. Radiation induced corrosion of copper

    University essay from KTH/Skolan för kemivetenskap (CHE)

    Author : Åsa Björkbacka; [2011]
    Keywords : Copper; radiation; gamma radiation; corrosion; SEM; IRAS; ICP; cuprite;

    Abstract : The Swedish concept for storage of highly radioactive spent nuclear fuel is called the KBS-3 program. The proposed procedure is that the waste will be stored in a deep repository, 500 meters down in the Swedish bedrock, for 100 000 years. The fuel will be sealed inside cast iron cylinders surrounded by copper. READ MORE

  6. 5. Överföring av radiocesium till potatis vid olika nedfallstidpunkter

    University essay from SLU/Dept. of Soil Sciences

    Author : Marielle Stenmark; [2008]
    Keywords : potatisknöl; potatisblast; 134Cs; artificiell deposition; radioaktivitet;

    Abstract : Agricultural land could be polluted by radioactive substances after a fallout. We would then need information about the level of contamination to decide whether the crops could be utilized as food under these circumstances. READ MORE