Strontium Contamination in the Environment

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This book provides an authoritative review of the origin and extraction of strontium and its impact on the environment. It also presents the latest strontium decontamination and remediation strategies. Around the globe, nuclear power is being recognized as a major source of energy and is expected to play a crucial role in meeting the energy requirements of present day society. However, the pros and cons have to be considered, and the safe disposal of large amounts of radionuclide wastes is becoming a matter of great concern. These wastes encompass contaminants such as heavy metals and toxic substances, which may exist in solid, liquid or gaseous forms or a combination of these, and as such, their disposal requires particular attention. The book focuses on 90Sr, which is a predominant isotope of strontium and considered an intermediate level radioactive waste with a half-life of 28.8 years, average biological half-life of 18 years and 546 KeV decay energy. Written by expert contributors, it addresses occurrence, detection and extraction of strontium, the chemical and nuclear properties of strontium isotopes, the fate and migration of strontium in soil, its bioaccumulation, and its associated health impact, mechanistic toxicity response as well as related regulation and remediation. It appeals to scholars, scientists and environmental managers working with strontium contamination in the environment and its consequences. Front Matter ....Pages i-xiv Strontium: Source, Occurrence, Properties, and Detection (Tatiana Alexeevna Nedobukh, Vladimir Sergeevich Semenishchev)....Pages 1-23 Isotopes of Strontium: Properties and Applications (Vladimir Sergeevich Semenishchev, Anna Vladimirovna Voronina)....Pages 25-42 Strontium Extraction from the Geo-environment (Rajiv Ranjan Srivastava, Sadia Ilyas)....Pages 43-63 Biosorption of Strontium from Aqueous Solutions (Sadia Ilyas, Rajiv Ranjan Srivastava, Nimra Ilyas)....Pages 65-83 Plant Response Under Strontium and Phytoremediation (Soumya Chatterjee, Anindita Mitra, Clemens Walther, Dharmendra K. Gupta)....Pages 85-97 Uptake, Transport, and Remediation of Strontium (Susmita Sharma)....Pages 99-119 Spatial Distribution of 90Sr in the Ecosystems of Polesye State Radiation-Ecological Reserve (Sergey A. Kalinichenko, Aleksander N. Nikitin, Ihar A. Cheshyk, Olga A. Shurankova)....Pages 121-140 Spatial Distribution of 90Sr from Different Sources in Soils of the Ural Region, Russia (Ludmila N. Mikhailovskaya, Vera N. Pozolotina)....Pages 141-158 90Sr in the Components of Pine Forests of Belarusian Part of Chernobyl NPP Exclusion Zone (Maksim Kudzin, Viachaslau Zabrotski, Dzmitry Garbaruk, Anatoliy Uhlianets)....Pages 159-183 Removal of Strontium by Physicochemical Adsorptions and Ion Exchange Methods (Nevin Koshy, Pankaj Pathak)....Pages 185-202 Use of Sorption Method for Strontium Removal (Anna Vladimirovna Voronina, Vladimir Sergeevich Semenishchev, Dharmendra K. Gupta)....Pages 203-226 Assessment of the Alkaline Earth Metals (Ca, Sr, Ba) and Their Associated Health Impacts (Pankaj Pathak, Rajiv Ranjan Srivastava, Gonul Keceli, Soma Mishra)....Pages 227-243 Back Matter ....Pages 245-250