Using predictive modeling, Radionuclide Concentrations in Food and the Environment examines the transfer of radionuclides through ecosystems and their effects on individual substances.

Radionuclide Concentrations in Food and the Environment provides up-to-date information on monitoring programs and legislation, detailed descriptions of detection systems, and evaluations of safety protocols in radioanalytical laboratories and in food processing. Considerable attention is devoted to the nuclear and radiological terrorist threat, illicit trafficking and masking of radioactive materials, event scenarios, and radiological forensics.

Features:

• addresses the relationship between natural and man-made sources of environmental radioactivity and the subsequent radionuclide concentrations in foods
• presents predictive models and analysis of potential transport of radionuclides into foodstuffs and offers perspectives for prevention
• explains negative health consequences of having a radioactive character in foods
• provides current information on monitoring, detection, legislation, and safety

Contents

1. What are Radionuclides?
2. Radionuclide Sources
3. Radioactivity in the Air
4. Radionuclide Concentrations in Water
5. Radionuclide Concentrations in Soils
6. Radionuclide Transport Processes and Modeling
7. Effects of Radioactivity on Plants and Animals
8. Radionuclides in Foodstuffs and Food Raw Material
9. Radiation Detection Methods
10. Unmasking the Illicit Trafficking of Nuclear and Other Radioactive Materials
11. Radiation Protection Programs
12. Regulations
13. Food Irradiation: Microbiological, Nutritional, and Functional Assessment

Index

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