Advanced Security and Safeguarding in the Nuclear Power Industry

Advanced Security and Safeguarding in the Nuclear Power Industry: Impacts of Radiation and Disaster Planning in the Modern World presents an overview of contemporary developments in nuclear energy post-Fukushima. Editor Victor Nian and his team of contributors guide those involved in the nuclear industry on how to re-educate society on the benefits of nuclear energy with an end goal of improving public perception. This book is particularly insightful to countries with an interest in developing a nuclear industry, as well as countries where education to improve society’s opinion on nuclear energy is crucial to its future success.

The book covers the foundations of nuclear power production, along with the benefits and impacts of radiation on human society, global conventions on safety, security and safeguarding, emergency preparedness and response, and relevant legal frameworks governing nuclear safety.

• Explores applications of nuclear energy beyond power production
• Examines the impacts of, and protection against, severe radiological disasters on society
• Discusses safety and security arrangements at international and national levels

Industry practitioners and nuclear researchers, educators, policy makers, nuclear scientists, nuclear engineers. Those working to re-educate society on nuclear power to improve public perception

1. Recent Advances in Nuclear Power Technologies
2. Non-power applications of nuclear energy
3. Radiation Hazards from the nuclear fuel cycle
4. Radiation Detection and Monitoring
5. Health Impacts from Exposure of Radiation
6. Protection Against Severe Radiological Events
7. Emergency Preparedness and Response
8. International convention and legal frameworks on nuclear safety, security, and safeguards
9. Civil liability in the event of a severe nuclear disaster
10. Proposed concluding remarks