environ. |
sanitation The study and use of practical measures for the preservation of public health; decontamination The removing of chemical, biological, or radiological contamination from, or the neutralizing of it on a person, object, or area; radioactive decontamination The removal of radioactive contamination which is deposited on surfaces or may have spread throughout a work area. Personnel decontamination is also included. Decontamination methods follow two broad avenues of attack, mechanical and chemical; cleanup; rehabilitation; remediation; municipal sewage system; sewage disposal; urban sewerage system; wastewater disposal; radioactive decontamination |