Chernobyl

Catastrophe and Consequences

Jim T. Smith and Nicholas A. Beresford

The long-term effects of the Chernobyl incident on the environment are still becoming apparent, twenty years after the event. This book, written by two researchers with frontline experience in this field, provides a detailed review of these over a wide range of ecosystems. It also discusses the responses and countermeasures utilised to combat the effects of the accident, as well as considering the health, social, psychological and economic impacts on the human population.

Chernobyl ­ Catastrophe and Consequences

• provides a comprehensive assessment of the Chernobyl accident and its long-term consequences
• draws on the most recent measurements of contamination in the terrestrial and aquatic food chains
• discusses the sociological consequences of such disasters in detail.

This book adds valuable weight to the debate about the environmental cost of nuclear power and the issue of nuclear safety.

Table of Contents

List of contributors
Editors and principal authors
Contributing authors
List of figures
List of tables
List of abbreviations

1. Introduction (Jim T. Smith and Nick A. Beresford)
2. Radioactive fallout and environmental transfers (Jim T. Smith and Nick A. Beresford
3. Radioactivity in terrestrial ecosystems (Jim T. Smith, Nick A. Beresford, G. George Shaw and Leif Moberg)
4. Radioactivity in aquatic systems (Jim T. Smith, Oleg V. Voitsekhovitch, Alexei V. Konoplev and Anatoly V. Kudelsky)
5. Application of countermeasures (Nick A. Beresford and Jim T. Smith)
6. Health consequences (Jacov E. Kenigsberg and Elena E. Buglova)
7. Social and economic effects (Ingrid A. Bay and Deborah H. Oughton)
8. Effects on wildlife (Ivan I. Kryshev, Tatiana G. Sazykina and Nick A. Beresford)
9. Conclusions (Jim T. Smith and Nick A. Beresford)
Index

Extent: 336 pages
Binding: Hardback
Publication Date: October 2005
ISBN: 978-3-540-23866-9

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