Table of Contents:
1. Foreword
2. Introduction and overview
3. The physics of ionising radiations and radioactive Decays
4. Radiation transport through various media
5. Radiation detectors
6. The natural radiation environment and human modifications of that environment
7. Principles of internal dosimetry
8. Physical and mathematical phantoms for human dosimetry
9. Physical and mathematical phantoms for biota other than humans
10. General principles of mathematical models for the transport of radionuclides
11. Biokinetic models for humans
12. Models for the environmental transport of radionuclides
13. Radiochemical analysis techniques
14. Effects of ionising radiations at a subcellular and cellular level
15. Effects of ionising radiations on humans: Tissue reactions
16. Effects of ionising radiations on the environment
17. International recommendations and guidance on protection against ionising radiations
18. Radiological protection in the nuclear industry
19. Radiological protection in medicine
20. Radiological protection and naturally occurring radioactive Materials
21. The transport of radioactive materials
22. Radiation accidents leading to large- scale releases of radionuclides to the environment
23. Radiation accidents and incidents involving localised sources of exposure
24. Emergency preparedness, planning and response
25. The future of radiological protection