Need for Chemists in the Nuclear Industry (cont.)

Transportation

• Corrosion of containers
• Accidental releases

  • Release and dispersion depend on physical and chemical properties, not radiological properties
• Thermal stability during transportation
• Protection of first responders

  • Physiological reactionsste and containers
• Gas formation
• Cleanup of spills and releases

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