| The Nuclear Weapons Complex: Management for Health, Safety, and the Environment UK Edition Contributor(s): National Research Council (Author), Division on Engineering and Physical Sci (Author), Commission on Physical Sciences Mathemat (Author) |
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ISBN: 0309041791 ISBN-13: 9780309041799 Publisher: National Academies Press OUR PRICE: $47.50 Product Type: Paperback Published: February 1989 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Technology & Engineering | Power Resources - Nuclear - Technology & Engineering | Environmental - General - Technology & Engineering | Industrial Health & Safety |
| Dewey: 363.119 |
| LCCN: 89063691 |
| Physical Information: 156 pages |
| Themes: - Topical - Ecology |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: In this volume, the National Research Council examines problems arising throughout government-owned, contractor-operated facilities in the United States engaged in activities to build nuclear weapons. The book draws conclusions about and makes recommendations for the health and safety of the nuclear weapons complex and addresses pressing environmental concerns. In addition, the book examines the future of the complex and offers suggestions for its modernization. Several explanatory appendixes provide useful background information on the functioning of the complex, criticality safety, plutonium chemistry, and weapons physics. |
