ACLS Humanities E-Book: Elements of controversy: the Atomic Energy Commission and radiation safety in nuclear weapons testing, 1947-1974

Elements of controversy: the Atomic Energy Commission and radiation safety in nuclear weapons testing, 1947-1974

Hacker, Barton C., 1935-

Year: c1994.

Publisher: University of California Press.

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Frontmatter

Maps

Foreword by Bruce W. Church

About this Book by William J. Brady

Introduction: Testing and Radiological Safety

1. Operation Sandstone: The AEC Test Program Begins, 1947-1948

2. A Continental Test Site: Operation Greenhouse and Ranger 1948-1951

3. Developing Weapons and Tactics in Nevada

4. Testing Jeopardized: Fallout from Ivy and Upshot-Knothole, 1952-1953

5. The cost of Sheep: Fallout and the Future of Nevada's Testing

6. Operation Castle, 1954

7. Routinization and Controversy: Accelerated Testing and Rising Public Concern, 1955-1956

8. Atmospheric Testing Challenged: Safety Issues and the Test Ban Movement, 1956-1961

9 From Moratorium to Test Ban: Radiation Safety in Transition, 1961-1964

10. Testing Underground: The New Character of Radiation Safety, 1964-1974

Epilogue: After the AEC, 1975-1990

Appendix

Acronyms and Abbreviations

Notes

Bibliography

Test Index

Notes Index

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Elements of controversy : the Atomic Energy Commission and radiation safety in nuclear weapons testing, 1947-1974 Barton C. Hacker.

Author:

Hacker, Barton C., 1935-

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Elements of controversy : the Atomic Energy Commission and radiation safety in nuclear weapons testing, 1947-1974 Barton C. Hacker.
Hacker, Barton C., 1935-
Berkeley, CA: University of California Press, c1994.

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• U.S. Atomic Energy Commission -- History
• Nuclear weapons -- United States -- Testing -- Safety measures -- History

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