Presents a summary of the knowledge of methods of assessment of radionuclides in the terrestrial and marine environments. This book covers the traditional methods of radioactivity measurements such a radiometrics techniques, and also the developments in the mass spectrometry sector.[...]
Presents information on radioactivity released to the atmosphere and the ocean after the accident on the Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear power plant, on the distribution of radionuclides in the world atmosphere and oceans, and their impact on the total environment (man, fauna, and flora).[...]