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Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 400 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 1969
Category : Nuclear power plants
ISBN : MINN:30000010566861
Author : Barton C. Hacker
Publisher : Univ of California Press
Page : 644 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 1994-01-01
Category : Science
ISBN : 0520083237
Unforgettable congressional hearings in 1978 revealed that fallout from American nuclear weapons testing in the 1950s had overexposed hundreds of soldiers and other citizens to radiation. Faith in governmental integrity was shaken, and many people have assumed that such overexposure caused great damage. Yet important questions remain--the most controversial being: did the radiation overexposure in fact cause the cancers and birth defects for which it has been blamed? Elements of Controversy is the result of a decade of exhaustive research in AEC documentary records and the full clinical and epidemiological literature on radiation effects. More concerned with uncovering the historical story than with assigning blame, Barton Hacker concludes that every precaution was taken by the AEC to avoid harming test participants or bystanders. And, he points out, the biomedical literature suggests that these precautions worked. Yet top officials in Washington--for whom the success of nuclear weapons was of overriding importance--had asserted that testing involved no risks at all. Discrepancies between unverifiable government claims and the revelations that some actual risk was present explain the origins and angry persistence of the controversies, Hacker argues. The Department of Energy delayed publication of Hacker's study for five years, and while his controversial book is sure to draw objections from both sides of the radiation-hazard debates, it will provide a much-needed guide to understanding their polemics. Unforgettable congressional hearings in 1978 revealed that fallout from American nuclear weapons testing in the 1950s had overexposed hundreds of soldiers and other citizens to radiation. Faith in governmental integrity was shaken, and many people have assumed that such overexposure caused great damage. Yet important questions remain--the most controversial being: did the radiation overexposure in fact cause the cancers and birth defects for which it has been blamed? Elements of Controversy is the result of a decade of exhaustive research in AEC documentary records and the full clinical and epidemiological literature on radiation effects. More concerned with uncovering the historical story than with assigning blame, Barton Hacker concludes that every precaution was taken by the AEC to avoid harming test participants or bystanders. And, he points out, the biomedical literature suggests that these precautions worked. Yet top officials in Washington--for whom the success of nuclear weapons was of overriding importance--had asserted that testing involved no risks at all. Discrepancies between unverifiable government claims and the revelations that some actual risk was present explain the origins and angry persistence of the controversies, Hacker argues. The Department of Energy delayed publication of Hacker's study for five years, and while his controversial book is sure to draw objections from both sides of the radiation-hazard debates, it will provide a much-needed guide to understanding their polemics.
Author : National Library of Medicine (U.S.)
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 1042 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 1965
Category : Medicine
ISBN : MINN:31951M013680678
Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 400 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 1969
Category : Environmental health
ISBN : PURD:32754081175022
Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 878 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 1970
Category : Nuclear engineering
ISBN : UOM:39015095260595
Sponsored by the American Nuclear Society in cooperation with United States Atomic Energy Commission.
Author : United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Public Works. Subcommittee on Air and Water Pollution
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 1298 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 1970
Category : Radioecology
ISBN : MINN:31951P00841347S
Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 890 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 1970-05
Category : Nuclear energy
ISBN : PSU:000047759398
Author : United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Public Works
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 1828 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 1970
Category : Legislative hearings
ISBN : UCAL:B3603491
Author : National Library of Medicine (U.S.)
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 1970
Category : Medicine
ISBN : UOM:39015007732152
First multi-year cumulation covers six years: 1965-70.
Author : Scott Kaufman
Publisher : Cornell University Press
Page : 312 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 2012-11-20
Category : History
ISBN : 9780801465833
Inspired by President Dwight D. Eisenhower's "Atoms for Peace" speech, scientists at the Atomic Energy Commission and the University of California's Radiation Laboratory began in 1957 a program they called Plowshare. Joined by like-minded government officials, scientists, and business leaders, champions of "peaceful nuclear explosions" maintained that they could create new elements and isotopes for general use, build storage facilities for water or fuel, mine ores, increase oil and natural gas production, generate heat for power production, and construct roads, harbors, and canals. By harnessing the power of the atom for nonmilitary purposes, Plowshare backers expected to protect American security, defend U.S. legitimacy and prestige, and ensure access to energy resources. Scott Kaufman's extensive research in nearly two dozen archives in three nations shows how science, politics, and environmentalism converged to shape the lasting conflict over the use of nuclear technology. Indeed, despite technological and strategic promise, Plowshare's early champions soon found themselves facing a vocal and powerful coalition of federal and state officials, scientists, industrialists, environmentalists, and average citizens. Skeptical politicians, domestic and international pressure to stop nuclear testing, and a lack of government funding severely restricted the program. By the mid-1970s, Plowshare was, in the words of one government official, "dead as a doornail." However, the thought of using the atom for peaceful purposes remains alive.
Author : Samuel Glasstone,Dolan J. Philips
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 664 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 1977
Category : Atomic bomb
ISBN : MINN:30000004494294
Author : Kenneth Fisher
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 379 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 2013-03-08
Category : Science
ISBN : 9781468426281
The Science of Life: Contributions of Biology to Human Welfare is the fIrst of what we anticipate will be a series of monographs resulting from activities of the Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology. From time to time material drawn from symposia presented at the an nual meetings of the Societies, when considered suitable, will be published as separate FASEB Monographs. Usually, the material will have appeared in Federation Proceedings. Occasionally, other papers resulting from symposia, conferences, or special meetings sponsored by the Federation or one of its constituent societies will appear as a F ASEB monograph. In some instances, special articles on the same topic will be drawn together under one cover. Why should information which has already been printed and distributed as a part of the editorial content of a journal be republished as a monograph? Most of the ma terial to be included in this effort, particularly the symposia presented at the annual meetings of the six Federated Societies, will summarize the state of the art ex cellently. Such information will be of considerable value to students and teachers, especially for undergraduate honors courses or in graduate studies.
Author : Elmar R. Reiter
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 628 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 1969
Category : Dynamic meteorology
ISBN : UCR:31210004960629
Author : William P. Kirk
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 76 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 1972
Category : Air
ISBN : UIUC:30112007539890
Author : United States. Bureau of Radiological Health
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 356 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 1972
Category : Medical radiology
ISBN : STANFORD:36105223087078