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Author : U.S. Atomic Energy Commission. Health and Safety Laboratory
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 382 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 1958
Category : Nuclear weapons
ISBN : MINN:319510004366207
Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 34 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 1977
Category : Electronic
ISBN : NWU:35556031040272
Author : Edwin A. Martini
Publisher : University of Washington Press
Page : 345 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 2015-05-01
Category : Nature
ISBN : 9780295805948
Proving Grounds brings together a wide range of scholars across disciplines and geographical borders to deepen our understanding of the environmental impact that the U.S. military presence has had at home and abroad. The essays in this collection survey the environmental damage caused by weapons testing and military bases to local residents, animal populations, and landscapes, and they examine the military’s efforts to close and repurpose bases—often as wildlife reserves. Together they present a complex and nuanced view that embraces the ironies, contradictions, and unintended consequences of U.S. militarism around the world. In complicating our understanding of the American military’s worldwide presence, the essayists also reveal the rare cases when the military is actually ahead of the curve on environmental regulation compared to the private sector. The result is the most comprehensive examination to date of the U.S. military’s environmental footprint—for better or worse—across the globe.
Author : IPPNW International Commission to Investigate the Health and Environmental Effects of Nuclear Weapons Production
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 216 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 1991
Category : History
ISBN : UOM:39015025282917
Author : Toshihiro Higuchi
Publisher : Stanford University Press
Page : 234 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 2020-05-05
Category : History
ISBN : 9781503612907
Political Fallout is the story of one of the first human-driven, truly global environmental crises—radioactive fallout from nuclear weapons testing during the Cold War—and the international response. Beginning in 1945, the United States, Britain, and the Soviet Union detonated hundreds of nuclear weapons in the atmosphere, scattering a massive amount of radioactivity across the globe. The scale of contamination was so vast, and radioactive decay so slow, that the cumulative effect on humans and the environment is still difficult to fully comprehend. The international debate over nuclear fallout turned global radioactive contamination into an environmental issue, eventually leading the nuclear superpowers to sign the landmark Partial Test Ban Treaty (PTBT) in 1963. Bringing together environmental history and Cold War history, Toshihiro Higuchi argues that the PTBT, originally proposed as an arms control measure, transformed into a dual-purpose initiative to check the nuclear arms race and radioactive pollution simultaneously. Higuchi draws on sources in English, Russian, and Japanese, considering both the epistemic differences that emerged in different scientific communities in the 1950s and the way that public consciousness around the risks of radioactive fallout influenced policy in turn. Political Fallout addresses the implications of science and policymaking in the Anthropocene—an era in which humans are confronting environmental changes of their own making.
Author : Charles S. Shapiro
Publisher : Nato Science Partnership Subseries: 2
Page : 304 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 1998-01-22
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : UOM:39015043237083
Proceedings of the NATO Advanced Research Workshop "Atmospheric Nuclear Tests (Environmental and Human Consequences)", held in Vienna, Austria, January 10-14, 1994
Author : Anonim
Publisher : Elsevier
Page : 496 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 2009-05-12
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9780080914152
Remediation of Contaminated Environments summarises - amongst other things - what happened to the people and environment around Chernobyl (and other nuclear sites) and what measures need to be taken in future in the event of nuclear accidents etc. plus it has a very important and currently topical use in detailing what to do in the event of a terrorist dirty bomb attack on a city. Remediation, including characterization of contaminated sites; safety requirements; remediation planning; effectiveness of individual measures in different environments; social, ethical and economic considerations; application of modern decision aiding technologies Applicable to different categories of contaminated environments and contaminants, comprising areas contaminated by radiation accidents and incidents, nuclear weapon tests, natural radionuclides associated with nuclear fuel cycle, fossil material mining and gas and oil production Associated side effects (environmental and social) and human based remediation measures, comprising perception of this activity by the population; with particular regard to stakeholders and population involvement in making decisions on environmental safety and remediation of contaminated sites
Author : Anonim
Publisher : Office of Technology Assessment
Page : 228 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 1991
Category : History
ISBN : MINN:319510030875159
Author : International Council for Science
Publisher : Wiley-Blackwell
Page : 312 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 2000-04-14
Category : History
ISBN : UOM:39015042570484
Nuclear Test Explosions Environmental and Human Impacts Edited by Sir Frederick Warner University of Essex, UK and Rene J.C. University of Liege, Belgium Nuclear Test Explosions summarises the findings of the international project SCOPE-RADTEST (Scientific Committee on Problems of the Environment - RADiation from nuclear TEST explosions), on the environmental and human impacts of nuclear tests. The location and dates of 730 explosions and the 2419 tests performed between 1945 and 1998 are given followed by discussion of their effects. The nuclear test sites include: Nevada, Semipalatinsk, Novaya Zemlya, South Pacific, Australia and Lob Nor. The fallout from 541 atmospheric tests and effects on human health and environment are assessed and the development of nuclear weapons is described. The contents of the book have been assembled by a team of experts and should greatly assist in the discussion of weapons limitation.
Author : Deborah Oughton,Valery Kashparov
Publisher : Springer
Page : 279 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 2009-08-29
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9048129508
Radioactive particles have been released to the environment from a number of sources, including nuclear weapon tests, nuclear accidents and discharges from nuclear installations. Particle characteristics influence the mobility, biological uptake and effects of radionuclides, hence information on these characteristics is essential for assessing environmental impact and risks. This publication presents a series of papers covering sources and source term characterisation, methodologies for characterizing particles, and the impact of particles on the behaviour of radioactive particles in the environment. Sources covered include the Chernobyl accident, nuclear weapons accidents at Thule and Palomares accident, the discharges from Dounreay and Krashnoyarsk, and depleted uranium in Kosovo and Kuwait. The overall aim is that an increased understanding of particle characteristics and behavior will help to reduce some of the uncertainties in environmental impact and risk assessment for particle contaminated areas.
Author : United States. Congress. Joint Committee on Atomic Energy. Special Subcommittee on Radiation
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 756 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 1959
Category : Nuclear warfare
ISBN : LOC:00036620511
Focuses on impact of Soviet nuclear tests on levels of radioactive contamination in U.S. Includes numerous scientific papers analyzing type, distribution, and concentration levels of radioactivity attributable to fallout from weapon testing; v.2: Continuation of hearings on public health impact of radiation fallout due to nuclear weapons tests programs. v.3: Contains supplemental submitted materials on the problems of hotspots and short-lived isotopes of radioactive fallout from nuclear weapons tests.
Author : United States. Congress. Joint Committee on Atomic Energy
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 666 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 1959
Category : Nuclear weapons
ISBN : UOM:39015001554560
Focuses on impact of Soviet nuclear tests on levels of radioactive contamination in U.S. Includes numerous scientific papers analyzing type, distribution, and concentration levels of radioactivity attributable to fallout from weapon testing; v.2: Continuation of hearings on public health impact of radiation fallout due to nuclear weapons tests programs. v.3: Contains supplemental submitted materials on the problems of hotspots and short-lived isotopes of radioactive fallout from nuclear weapons tests.
Author : National Research Council,Division on Earth and Life Studies,Institute of Medicine,Commission on Life Sciences,Committee on Exposure of the American People to I-131 from the Nevada Atomic Bomb Tests,Committee on Thyroid Screening Related to I-131 Exposure
Publisher : National Academies Press
Page : 289 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 1999-06-17
Category : Science
ISBN : 9780309061759
In 1997, after more than a decade of research, the National Cancer Institute (NCI) released a report which provided their assessment of radiation exposures that Americans may have received from radioactive iodine released from the atomic bomb tests conducted in Nevada during the 1950s and early 1960s. This book provides an evaluation of the soundness of the methodology used by the NCI study to estimate: Past radiation doses. Possible health consequences of exposure to iodine-131. Implications for clinical practice. Possible public health strategiesâ€"such as systematic screening for thyroid cancerâ€"to respond to the exposures. In addition, the book provides an evaluation of the NCI estimates of the number of thyroid cancers that might result from the nuclear testing program and provides guidance on approaches the U.S. government might use to communicate with the public about Iodine-131 exposures and health risks.
Author : U.S. Atomic Energy Commission. Division of Biology and Medicine. Fallout Studies Branch
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 278 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 1962
Category : Radioactive fallout
ISBN : UOM:39015095055417
Author : Wing Commander (Dr) Umesh Chandra Jha
Publisher : KW Publishers Pvt Ltd
Page : 388 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 2017-10-15
Category : History
ISBN : 9789386288950
Armed conflicts have become more complicated, with the emphasis shifting towards new weapons such as drones, cybercrime and autonomous weapons. In July 2017, the UN General Assembly adopted the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons. This treaty prohibits a full range of nuclear-weapon-related activities, such as undertaking to develop, test, produce, manufacture, acquire, possess or stockpile nuclear weapons or other nuclear explosive devices, as well as the use or threat of use of these weapons. The ongoing conflicts have shown that the consequences of the use of explosive weapons are not limited to death, physical injury and disability, but also include long-term impacts on mental well-being. The use of improvised weapons by States and non-State actors is an area of concern for the environment. Every State must, therefore, ensure that weapons used by their armed forces are explicitly adjudged under International Humanitarian Law (IHL) and Human Rights Law. While reviewing a new weapon, the States must adopt multilateral approaches, drawing upon relevant legal, health, environmental and military expertise. This book describes the environmental effects of eight weapons and explosive remnants of war that have caused extensive environmental harm in the recent past. It also makes specific recommendations addressed to the international community and the States for protecting the natural environment from the impact of weapons of war. This book will contribute towards a better understanding of the environmental harm caused by military weapons.