TY - CHAP AU - Mats Isaksson ED - Nirmal Singh Y1 - 2011-10-21 PY - 2011 T1 - Environmental Dosimetry – Measurements and Calculations N2 - The book Radioisotopes - Applications in Physical Sciences is divided into three sections namely: Radioisotopes and Some Physical Aspects, Radioisotopes in Environment and Radioisotopes in Power System Space Applications. Section I contains nine chapters on radioisotopes and production and their various applications in some physical and chemical processes. In Section II, ten chapters on the applications of radioisotopes in environment have been added. The interesting articles related to soil, water, environmental dosimetry/tracer and composition analyzer etc. are worth reading. Section III has three chapters on the use of radioisotopes in power systems which generate electrical power by converting heat released from the nuclear decay of radioactive isotopes. The system has to be flown in space for space exploration and radioisotopes can be a good alternative for heat-to-electrical energy conversion. The reader will very much benefit from the chapters presented in this section. BT - Radioisotopes SP - Ch. 10 UR - https://doi.org/10.5772/22731 DO - 10.5772/22731 SN - PB - IntechOpen CY - Rijeka Y2 - 2024-04-24 ER -