Uranium contamination has become a nonnegligible global health problem. Inhalation of
particulate uranium is one of the predominant routes of occupational and environmental …

The decommissioning of nuclear power plants (NPPs) is rapidly increasing because NPPs
are not only no longer profitable in many cases but are also being decommissioned due to a …

The production and dispersion of contaminated aerosols during the laser cutting of corium
can potentially provide useful insights into the dispersion of contamination during the …

Radioactive iodine aerosols released during spent fuel reprocessing pose a serious threat
to public health. At present most air filters hardly achieve efficient filtration performance and …

Despite extensive efforts in studying radioactive aerosols, including the transmission of
radionuclides in different chemical matrices throughout the body, the internal organ-specific …

The global trend towards sustainable development with low carbon emissions has
encouraged the expansion of nuclear energy. The nuclear reactors, under normal operating …

A giant glovebox-type facility called the glovebox dismantling facility was developed at the
Plutonium Fuel Production Facility, Japan Atomic Energy Agency, in 1995 to dismantle …

Radioactive aerosols are produced during the cutting of contaminated and activated metals.
They must be collected and removed by a high-performing filtration system before releasing …

The decommissioning of nuclear facilities and nuclear accidents may release a various
amount of radioactive aerosols, which could pose a serious threat to the natural environment …

The thermal cutting of contaminated or activated metals during decommissioning nuclear
power plants inevitably results in the release of radioactive aerosol. Since radioactive …