This book provides a detailed understanding of the issues associated with these
processes. The depth and breadth of the treatment is such that the book is
suitable as a text book for graduate and post-graduate courses, and will also be
useful to those involved in decommissioning projects and radioactive waste
management practices, such as project managers, engineers, health physicists and
regulators. Although decommissioning is percieved as the dismantling and
demolition of existing facilities, the book demonstrates that there is more to
it and there are challenging technical issues to face. The book has been divided
into three parts. Part I (Radiation Science) is the enabling part covering
radiation,