**Meet the editor**

Dr. Nasser S. Awwad obtained his MSc degree in Inorganic and Radiochemistry in 1997 from Benha University, PhD degree in Inorganic and Radiochemistry in 2000 from Ain Shams University, and postdoctoral degree in 2004 at Sandia National Laboratories, New Mexico, USA. He was an associate professor of Radiochemistry in 2006 and a professor of Inorganic and Radiochemis-

try in 2011 at the Egyptian Atomic Energy Authority. He is a professor at King Khalid University, Abha, KSA, from 2011. Dr. Nasser S. Awwad has published two chapters in the following books: *Natural Gas - Extraction to End Use* and *Advances in Petrochemicals*. He edited three books about uranium, new trends in nuclear sciences, and lanthanides. In addition, he published 54 papers in ISI journals. He also supervised 4 PhD degree and 16 MSc degree students in the field of radioactive and wastewater treatment. He participated in 25 international conferences in South Korea, the USA, Lebanon, the KSA, and Egypt. He reviewed 2 PhD degree and 13 MSc degree research studies. He participated in six big projects with KACST in the KSA and Sandia National Laboratories in the USA about the conditioning of radioactive sources (wastewater treatment). He is a member of the Arab Society of Forensic Sciences and Forensic Medicine, a member of the Egyptian Society of Nuclear Sciences and Applications, an associate editorial board member of the *Arab Journal of Nuclear Sciences and Applications*, and a rapporteur of the Permanent Committee for Nuclear and Radiological Protection at King Khalid University. He is interested in utilizing the different techniques related to the treatment of radioactive nuclides using nanomaterials.

Contents

**Preface VII**

Miloš René

Miloš René

Koltuniewicz

**Using Lidar 89**

**Environment 123** Michael Thomas Aide

Gholamreza Shayeganrad

**Low-Grade Ores 65**

**Generation 21** Yuji Fukaya

Chapter 1 **History of Uranium Mining in Central Europe 1**

**(Central European Variscan Belt) 49**

Chapter 4 **Uranium in Poland: Resources and Recovery from**

Chapter 5 **Remotely Monitoring Uranium-Enrichment Plants with**

Chapter 6 **Thermodynamics and Separation Factor of Uranium from**

Chapter 7 **Chemical Thermodynamics of Uranium in the Soil**

Volkovich, Yana Luk'yanova and Alexander Osipenko

Chapter 2 **Safety and Economics of Uranium Utilization for Nuclear Power**

Chapter 3 **Shear Zone-Hosted Uranium Deposits of the Bohemian Massif**

Katarzyna Kiegiel, Agnieszka Miskiewicz, Dorota Gajda, Sylwester

Sommer, Stanislaw Wolkowicz and Grazyna Zakrzewska-

**Detection of Gaseous Uranium Hexafluoride and HF**

**Fission Products in "Liquid Metal-Molten Salt" System 109** Valeri Smolenski, Alena Novoselova, Alexander Bychkov, Vladimir
