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A review of European Regulation and use of mechanical-biological treatment as soil amendments.
This report (HPA-RPD-048) describes accidents and incidents involving transport of radioactive materials to, from, or within the UK in 2007.
This report describes the outputs of research on amenity impacts of waste management facilities.
To manage faecal pollution in our bathing waters effectively, we need more information on the sources of such pollution.
Report on a new method for calculating dose rates to biota from radon and its daughters.
Case study looking at adapting waste site management as a result of climate change.
This report reviews the nature of both wet and dry deposition from the perspective of large generating plants and considers the ways in which modelling techniques might be improved.
The project looks at how the public perceives health risk using municipal waste incineration as a case study.
Report on the effects of gamma radiation on marine organisms, particularly two common species of seaweed: Fucus vesiculosus bladder wrack and Ulva intestinalis gutweed.
Investigates the effects of authorised discharges of liquid radioactive waste into the sewage system.
Summary of scientific information behind our decisions and advice regarding avian influenza.
Impact of Sewage Effluent Disposal on Groundwater. This research considers the installation of septic tank effluent disposal systems in the future.
Guidance on the best current techniques to monitor radioactivity in the environment.
This report illustrates the implications of the requirements of the Landfill Directive for the future management, risk assessment and monitoring of landfill gas in the UK.
This report provides information on the anti- oestrogenic and anti- androgenic activity of 43 priority effluents
International workshop on bioaerosols from green-waste composting
The report updates a 2001 review and provides information on technical, environmental performance and regulatory controls surrounding use of solid waste derived fuels used in cement works.
Guidance on dealing with the setting of discharge limits for airborne and liquid radioactive effluents for nuclear-licensed sites
This is an assessment of the reasons why reworking of intermediate level radioactive waste packages might be required.
This report provides up to date information on the extent, nature and environmental implications of spreading paper waste on agricultural land in England and Wales.
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