Hosam M Saleh Author

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Toxicity and Remediation of Radioactive Pollutants

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Hosam M Saleh* and Samir B Eskander

Radioactive wastes considered the most threats to the present and coming humankind, simply because of its widely spreading, the longlived of most radioactive pollutants, and its severity toxic impacts. The present chapter details the radioactive wastes definition and their categories, in addition to their sources and risks. Radiation exposure is regulated on the assumption that any exposure carries some risk of a health effect. Evaluation of radioactive pollutants toxicity, indefinitely, is a complicated and hard task and depends, mainly, on the radiotoxicity of radioisotope contented in the generated wastes. The nuclear and radioactive waste hierarchy works based on well-established disposed safety standards rules for their management. Those rules and guidelines are progressed by inter... view more»

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