Need Of Modelling Radionuclide Transport In Fresh Water Lake System, Subject To Indian Context

The operations of nuclear facilities results in low level radioactive effluents, which are required to be released into the environment. The effluents from nuclear installations are treated adequately and then released in a controlled manner under strict compliance of discharge criteria. The effluen...

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Published inAIP conference proceedings Vol. 1298; no. 1
Main Authors Desai, Hiral, Christian, R. A.
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published United States 26.10.2010
Subjects
ADMINISTRATIVE PROCEDURES
AQUATIC ECOSYSTEMS
ASIA
COMPUTER CODES
COMPUTERIZED SIMULATION
DATA ACQUISITION
DEVELOPING COUNTRIES
DILUTION
ECOSYSTEMS
ENVIRONMENT
ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES
ENVIRONMENTAL TRANSPORT
FRESH WATER
GEOSCIENCES
HYDROGEN COMPOUNDS
INDIA
LAKES
MASS TRANSFER
MATERIALS
MATHEMATICAL MODELS
NUCLEAR FACILITIES
OXYGEN COMPOUNDS
RADIOACTIVE EFFLUENTS
RADIOACTIVE MATERIALS
RADIOACTIVE WASTES
RADIONUCLIDE MIGRATION
SIMULATION
SURFACE WATERS
WASTES
WATER
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Summary:The operations of nuclear facilities results in low level radioactive effluents, which are required to be released into the environment. The effluents from nuclear installations are treated adequately and then released in a controlled manner under strict compliance of discharge criteria. The effluents released from installations into environment undergo dilution and dispersion. However, there is possibility of concentration by the biological process in the environment. Aquatic ecosystems are very complex webs of physical, chemical and biological interactions. It is generally both costly and laborious to describe their characteristics, and to predict them is even harder. Every aquatic ecosystem is unique, and yet it is impossible to study each system in the detail necessary for case-by-case assessment of ecological threats. In this situation, quantitative mathematical models are essential to predict, to guide assessment and to direct interventions.
ISSN:0094-243X
1551-7616
DOI:10.1063/1.3516339