Contents -- PREFACE -- Acknowledgments -- 1 RADIATION -- 2 BIOLOGICAL EFFECTS OF RADIATION -- 3 RADIOLOGICAL PROTECTION -- 4 STATISTICAL METHODS -- 5 DECOMMISSIONING OF NUCLEAR FACILITIES -- 6 REGULATORY ASPECTS IN DECOMMISSIONING -- 7 SAFETY ASPECTS IN DECOMMISSIONING -- 8 FINANCIAL ASPECTS OF DECOMMISSIONING -- 9 PROJECT MANAGEMENT -- 10PLANNING FOR DECOMMISSIONING -- 11 SITE/FACILITY CHARACTERISATION -- 12 ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT AND BEST PRACTICABLE ENVIRONMENTAL OPTION -- 13DECONTAMINATION TECHNIQUES -- 14 DISMANTLING TECHNIQUES -- 15 CASE HISTORIES AND LESSONS LEARNT -- 16 RADIOACTIVE WASTE CLASSIFICATION AND INVENTORY -- 17 MANAGEMENT OF RADIOACTIVE WASTE -- 18TREATMENT AND CONDITIONING OF RADIOACTIVE WASTE -- 19 STORAGE AND TRANSPORTATION OF RADIOACTIVE WASTE -- 20 DISPOSAL OF RADIOACTIVE WASTE -- APPENDIX 1 -- APPENDIX 2 -- APPENDIX 3 -- APPENDIX 4 -- APPENDIX 5 -- APPENDIX 6 -- Index.