Dispersion Modelling, Environmental Measure and Health Effect Evaluation for Safety in Nuclear Industry Life Cycle and Natural Radioactivity Monitoring

Dear Colleagues,

We are pleased to invite contributions for this Special Issue of Applied Sciences dedicated to the study of the environmental dispersion of pollutants and their effect on human health, with a particular focus on radioactive isotopes.

Public debate on environmental changes, energy supply and their interconnection triggered this monograph, since the nuclear industry represents the largest contributor to artificial radioactivity dispersed into the environment, along with radionuclide production for medical purposes.   

Original research articles, systematic literature reviews, communications and case-study reports are expected in the fields of pollutant dispersion modelling in air and water, experimental environmental radioactivity and environmental radiotoxicology, with the aim of providing some technical and scientific advances in evaluating health effects in areas contaminated by radioactivity. Contributions in the following research areas are particularly welcome:

• Pollutant dispersion modelling in air and water;
• Nuclear-accident case report and follow-up studies;
• Radioactivity contamination in nuclear-industry proximity areas;
• Naturally occurring radiation and radioactive isotopes distribution on Earth;
• Radioactivity monitoring;
• Radiation detection;
• Radiation dosimetry;
• Radiological protection;
• Ionizing radiation physics;
• Radiobiology and biological effectiveness of radiation.

Dr. Davide Bianco
Prof. Dr. Maria Quarto
Dr. Filomena Loffredo
Guest Editors

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