Proceedings For The Symposium On Public Health Aspects Of Peaceful Uses Of Nuclear Explosives
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Proceedings For The Symposium On Public Health Aspects Of Peaceful Uses Of Nuclear Explosives
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Release Date : 1969
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Elements Of Controversy
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Author : Barton C. Hacker
language : en
Publisher: Univ of California Press
Release Date : 1994-01-01
Elements Of Controversy written by Barton C. Hacker and has been published by Univ of California Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1994-01-01 with Science categories.
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.
National Library Of Medicine Current Catalog
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Author : National Library of Medicine (U.S.)
language : en
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Release Date : 1965
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Proceedings
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Symposium On Engineering With Nuclear Explosives January 14 16 1970 Las Vegas Nevada
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Sponsored by the American Nuclear Society in cooperation with United States Atomic Energy Commission.
Underground Uses Of Nuclear Energy
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Author : United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Public Works. Subcommittee on Air and Water Pollution
language : en
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Release Date : 1970
Underground Uses Of Nuclear Energy written by United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Public Works. Subcommittee on Air and Water Pollution and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1970 with Radioecology categories.
Nuclear Science Abstracts
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Release Date : 1970-05
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Hearings Reports And Prints Of The Senate Committee On Public Works
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Author : United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Public Works
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Hearings Reports And Prints Of The Senate Committee On Public Works written by United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Public Works and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1970 with Legislative hearings categories.
Current Catalog
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Author : National Library of Medicine (U.S.)
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Release Date : 1970
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First multi-year cumulation covers six years: 1965-70.
Project Plowshare
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Author : Scott Kaufman
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Publisher: Cornell University Press
Release Date : 2012-11-20
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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.