Poison in the well : radioactive waste in the oceans at the dawn of the nuclear age / Jacob Darwin H...
Poison in the well : radioactive waste in the oceans at the dawn of the nuclear age / Jacob Darwin H...
Poison in the well : radioactive waste in the oceans at the dawn of the nuclear age / Jacob Darwin Hamblin.
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New Brunswick, N.J. : Rutgers University Press, c2008.
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N363.7289/17
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English
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Physical content
x, 311 p. ; 24 cm.
Contents
Ch. 1. Threshold Illusions -- Ch. 2. Radiation Anxieties -- Ch. 3. The Other Atomic Scientists -- Ch. 4. Forging an International Consensus -- Ch. 5. No Atomic Graveyards -- Ch. 6. The Environment as Cold War Terrain -- Ch. 7. Purely for Political Reasons -- Ch. 8. Confronting Environmentalism -- Co...
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Publisher
New Brunswick, N.J. : Rutgers University Press, c2008.
Place of Publication
New Jersey
Date Published
c2008.
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"Poison in the Well provides a balanced look at the policy decisions, scientific conflicts, public relations strategies, and the myriad mishaps and subsequent cover-ups that were born out of the dilemma of where to house deadly nuclear materials. Why did scientists and politicians choose the sea for waste disposal? How did negotiations about the us...
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Poison in the well : radioactive waste in the oceans at the dawn of the nuclear age / Jacob Darwin Hamblin.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 291-299) and index.
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N363.7289/17
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74VK3NOq2a7O
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VK3NOq2a7O
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ISBN
9780813542201 (hardcover : alk. paper)
0813542200 (hardcover : alk. paper)
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363.728909162
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991023839929702626
