Long half-life : the nuclear industry in Australia / Ian Lowe.
Long half-life : the nuclear industry in Australia / Ian Lowe.
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Clayton, VIC : Monash University Publishing, 2021.
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H 2021/2447 , G 2021/4629
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English
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Physical content
249 pages; 23 cm.
Content type
text
Media type
unmediated
Carrier type
volume
Contents
1. The dawn of the Nuclear Age -- 2. From basic physics to awesome weapons -- 3. Australia and the British bombs -- 4. The Australian Atomic Energy Commission -- 5. Ranger, the Fox Report and uranium exports -- 6. The politics of uranium in the 1970s and 1980s -- 7. Chernobyl, Climate Change and Fuk...
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Publisher
Clayton, VIC : Monash University Publishing, 2021.
Place of Publication
Victoria
Date Published
2021.
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- Australian
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Australia has been directly involved in the nuclear industry for more than a century, but our involvement has never been comprehensively documented. Long Half-life tells the social and political history of Australia's role, from the first discovery of radioactive ores in 1906 to contemporary contentious questions. Should the next generation of subm...
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Long half-life : the nuclear industry in Australia / Ian Lowe.
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H 2021/2447 , G 2021/4629
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74VKazQyBgRb
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VKazQyBgRb
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ISBN
9781922464491 : paperback
DDC
338.4762148
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991024401918802626
