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9781860941740

Natural Background Radiation

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  • ISBN13:

    9781860941740

  • ISBN10:

    1860941745

  • Format: Hardcover
  • Copyright: 2009-12-31
  • Publisher: World Scientific Pub Co Inc
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Summary

Radioactivity has been present since the Earth's formation, but it has barely been one hundred years since the phenomenon was identified and named. While the physics of radioactivity was relatively well understood within thirty years - when artificial radioactivity was induced - radioactivity has posed a conundrum for other scientific disciplines: Is it safe or not? How does natural radioactivity differ from artificial radioactivity? It can help identify cancers and yet itself cause cancer. It carries a low probability risk which has high consequences. It carries an intergenerational risk. What can we learn about radioactivity as a whole from looking at natural radioactivity? This book sets out what we know so far.

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