Environmental Contamination From Weapon Tests
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Environmental Contamination From Weapon Tests
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Author : U.S. Atomic Energy Commission. Health and Safety Laboratory
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1958
Environmental Contamination From Weapon Tests written by U.S. Atomic Energy Commission. Health and Safety Laboratory and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1958 with Nuclear weapons categories.
Political Fallout
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Author : Toshihiro Higuchi
language : en
Publisher: Stanford University Press
Release Date : 2020-05-05
Political Fallout written by Toshihiro Higuchi and has been published by Stanford University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2020-05-05 with History categories.
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.
Test Site Testing Activities
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Author :
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1977
Test Site Testing Activities written by and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1977 with categories.
Radioactive Heaven And Earth
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Author : IPPNW International Commission to Investigate the Health and Environmental Effects of Nuclear Weapons Production
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1991
Radioactive Heaven And Earth written by IPPNW International Commission to Investigate the Health and Environmental Effects of Nuclear Weapons Production and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1991 with History categories.
Proving Grounds
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Author : Edwin A. Martini
language : en
Publisher: University of Washington Press
Release Date : 2015-05-01
Proving Grounds written by Edwin A. Martini and has been published by University of Washington Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015-05-01 with Nature categories.
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.
Radioactive Particles In The Environment
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Author : Deborah Oughton
language : en
Publisher: Springer
Release Date : 2009-07-31
Radioactive Particles In The Environment written by Deborah Oughton and has been published by Springer this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2009-07-31 with Technology & Engineering categories.
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.
Remediation Of Contaminated Environments
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language : en
Publisher: Elsevier
Release Date : 2009-05-12
Remediation Of Contaminated Environments written by and has been published by Elsevier this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2009-05-12 with Technology & Engineering categories.
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
Complex Cleanup
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language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1991
Complex Cleanup written by and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1991 with Environmental policy categories.
Atmospheric Nuclear Tests
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Author : Charles S. Shapiro
language : en
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
Release Date : 2013-06-29
Atmospheric Nuclear Tests written by Charles S. Shapiro and has been published by Springer Science & Business Media this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-06-29 with Technology & Engineering categories.
Radionuclides produced by past nuclear weapon test explosions comprise the largest source of anthropogenic radioactivity released into the earth's atmosphere to date. This volume presents data and models about the fate of the released radionuclides and their possible effects on human health. It is divided into the following three parts: - Source Term Studies; - Dose Reconstruction; - Ecological and Health Effects, and comprises both Western and formerly secret Soviet research studies, illuminates past and current research.
Poisoning The Pacific
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Author : Jon Mitchell
language : en
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
Release Date : 2020-10-12
Poisoning The Pacific written by Jon Mitchell and has been published by Rowman & Littlefield this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2020-10-12 with History categories.
In this devastating exposé, investigative journalist Jon Mitchell reveals the shocking toxic contamination of the Pacific Ocean and millions of victims by the US military. For decades, US military operations have been contaminating the Pacific region with toxic substances, including plutonium, dioxin, and VX nerve agent. Hundreds of thousands of service members, their families, and residents have been exposed—but the United States has hidden the damage and refused to help victims. After World War II, the United States granted immunity to Japanese military scientists in exchange for their data on biological weapons tests conducted in China; in the following years, nuclear detonations in the Pacific obliterated entire islands and exposed Americans, Marshallese, Chamorros, and Japanese fishing crews to radioactive fallout. At the same time, the United States experimented with biological weapons on Okinawa and stockpiled the island with nuclear and chemical munitions, causing numerous accidents. Meanwhile, the CIA orchestrated a campaign to introduce nuclear power to Japan—the folly of which became horrifyingly clear in the 2011 meltdowns in Fukushima Prefecture. Caught in a geopolitical grey zone, US territories have been among the worst affected by military contamination, including Guam, Saipan, and Johnston Island, the final disposal site of apocalyptic volumes of chemical weapons and Agent Orange. Accompanying this damage, US authorities have waged a campaign of cover-ups, lies, and attacks on the media, which the author has experienced firsthand in the form of military surveillance and attempts by the State Department to impede his work. Now, for the first time, this explosive book reveals the horrific extent of contamination in the Pacific and the lengths the Pentagon will go to conceal it.