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Information needs, approaches, and case studies in human health risk communication

Risk Analysis, Volume 42, Issue 11, Page 2376-2399, November 2022., 2022
Abstract This article uses ten case studies to illustrate the information needs, various communication approaches, and the communicator's role in explaining environmental health risks from a variety of hazards, to a variety of audiences, over time frames from days to years, using in person consultation, lectures, zooms, and email formats.
Michael Gochfeld
wiley   +1 more source

International Approaches for Nuclear Waste Disposal in Geological Formations: Geological Challenges in Radioactive Waste Isolation—Fifth Worldwide Review:

, 2016
Author(s): Faybishenko, Boris; Birkholzer, Jens; Sassani, David; Swift, Peter | Abstract: The overall objective of the Fifth Worldwide Review (WWR-5) is to document the current state-of-the-art of major developments in a number of nations throughout the ...
B. Faybishenko, J. Birkholzer, D. Sassani, P. Swift   +3 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Developments in Permafrost Science and Engineering in Response to Climate Warming in Circumpolar and High Mountain Regions, 2019–2024

Permafrost and Periglacial Processes, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Research in geocryology is currently principally concerned with the effects of climate change on permafrost terrain. The motivations for most of the research are (1) quantification of the anticipated net emissions of CO2 and CH4 from warming and thaw of near‐surface permafrost and (2) mitigation of effects on infrastructure of such warming and
Christopher R. Burn, Annett Bartsch, Elora Chakraborty, Soumik Das, Regula Frauenfelder, Isabelle Gärtner‐Roer, Kjersti G. Gisnås, Teddi Herring, Benjamin M. Jones, Steven V. Kokelj, Moritz Langer, Emma Lathrop, Julian B. Murton, David M. Nielsen, Fujun Niu, Christine Olson, H. Brendan O'Neill, Sophie Opfergelt, Pier Paul Overduin, Kevin Schaefer, Edward A. G. Schuur, Elliott Skierszkan, Sharon L. Smith, Simone M. Stuenzi, Suzanne E. Tank, Jurjen van der Sluijs, Gonçalo Vieira, Sebastian Westermann, Stephen A. Wolfe, Ed Yarmak   +29 more
wiley   +1 more source

Atomic Batteries: Energy from Radioactivity [PDF]

arXiv, 2015
With alternate, sustainable, natural sources of energy being sought after, there is new interest in energy from radioactivity, including natural and waste radioactive materials. A study of various atomic batteries is presented with perspectives of development and comparisons of performance parameters and cost. We discuss radioisotope thermal generators,
arxiv  

Bacterial Diversity in the Hyperalkaline Allas Springs (Cyprus), a Natural Analogue for Cementitious Radioactive Waste Repository

, 2016
The biogeochemical gradients that will develop across the interface between a highly alkaline cementitious geological disposal facility for intermediate level radioactive waste and the geosphere are poorly understood.
Athanasios Rizoulis, A. Milodowski, K. Morris, J. Lloyd   +3 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Numerical analysis of thermal process in the near field around vertical disposal of high-level radioactive waste

Journal of Rock Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering, 2014
For deep geological disposal of high-level radioactive waste (HLW) in granite, the temperature on the HLW canisters is commonly designed to be lower than 100 °C. This criterion dictates the dimension of the repository.
H.G. Zhao, H. Shao, H. Kunz, J. Wang, R. Su, Y.M. Liu   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

Interactions of rare earth elements with living organisms and emerging biotechnical applications

PLANTS, PEOPLE, PLANET, EarlyView.
Rare earth elements (REEs) are critical resources required to achieve net‐zero carbon emission targets and energy security. However, rising demand for REEs coupled with significant extraction and processing challenges and geopolitical risks restricts access to REE resources.
Samantha A. McGaughey, Shagufta Iqbal, Annamaria De Rosa, Jessica A. Caley, Anna H. Kaksonen, Denys Villa‐Gomez, Caitlin S. Byrt   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

Laser induced nuclear waste transmutation [PDF]

arXiv, 2016
When producing electricity that collects the mass energy that is available at the time of the induced disintegration of radioactive elements, other unstable elements are produced with half-life span durations ranging from less than one second to hundreds of thousands of years and which are considered as waste. Managing nuclear waste with a half-life of
arxiv  

Development of a high‐throughput dual‐stream liquid chromatography–tandem mass spectrometry method to screen for inhibitors of glutamate carboxypeptidase II

Rapid Communications in Mass Spectrometry, EarlyView.
Rationale Glutamate carboxypeptidase II (GCPII) catalyzes the hydrolysis of N‐acetylaspartylglutamate (NAAG) to yield glutamate (Glu) and N‐acetylaspartate (NAA). Inhibition of GCPII has been shown to remediate the neurotoxicity of excess Glu in a variety of cell and animal disease models.
Nate Hoxie, Yixuan Qiu, Stephen C. Kales, Rick Schneider, Xin Hu, Anu Dalal, Stephanie L. Ford‐Scheimer, Robyn Wiseman, Takashi Tsukamoto, Huijun Wei, Barbara S. Slusher, John S. Janiszewski, Matthew D. Hall   +12 more
wiley   +1 more source

Clays in radioactive waste disposal

Journal of Rock Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering, 2010
AbstractClays and argillites are considered in some countries as possible host rocks for nuclear waste disposal at great depth. The use of compacted swelling clays as engineered barriers is also considered within the framework of the multi-barrier concept. In relation to these concepts, various research programs have been conducted to assess the thermo-
Delage, Pierre, Cui, Yu-Jun, Tang, Anh Minh,   +2 more
openaire   +2 more sources