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Book Synopsis Elements of Controversy by : Barton C. Hacker
Download or read book Elements of Controversy written by Barton C. Hacker and published by Univ of California Press. This book was released on 1994-01-01 with total page 644 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.
Book Synopsis Atomic Energy & the Safety Controversy by : Ira Freedman
Download or read book Atomic Energy & the Safety Controversy written by Ira Freedman and published by . This book was released on 1978 with total page 184 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Nuclear Power Safety by : James H. Rust
Download or read book Nuclear Power Safety written by James H. Rust and published by Elsevier. This book was released on 2013-10-22 with total page 419 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A concise and current treatment of the subject of nuclear power safety, this work addresses itself to such issues of public concern as: radioactivity in routine effluents and its effect on human health and the environment, serious reactor accidents and their consequences, transportation accidents involving radioactive waste, the disposal of radioactive waste, particularly high-level wastes, and the possible theft of special nuclear materials and their fabrication into a weapon by terrorists. The implementation of the defense-in-depth concept of nuclear power safety is also discussed. Of interest to all undergraduate and graduate students of nuclear engineering, this work assumes a basic understanding of scientific and engineering principles and some familiarity with nuclear power reactors
Download or read book Safe Enough? written by Thomas R. Wellock and published by University of California Press. This book was released on 2021-03-23 with total page 375 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Since the dawn of the Atomic Age, nuclear experts have labored to imagine the unimaginable and prevent it. They confronted a deceptively simple question: When is a reactor “safe enough” to adequately protect the public from catastrophe? Some experts sought a deceptively simple answer: an estimate that the odds of a major accident were, literally, a million to one. Far from simple, this search to quantify accident risk proved to be a tremendously complex and controversial endeavor, one that altered the very notion of safety in nuclear power and beyond. Safe Enough? is the first history to trace these contentious efforts, following the Atomic Energy Commission and the Nuclear Regulatory Commission as their experts experimented with tools to quantify accident risk for use in regulation and to persuade the public of nuclear power’s safety. The intense conflict over the value of risk assessment offers a window on the history of the nuclear safety debate and the beliefs of its advocates and opponents. Across seven decades and the accidents at Three Mile Island, Chernobyl, and Fukushima, the quantification of risk has transformed both society’s understanding of the hazards posed by complex technologies and what it takes to make them safe enough.
Book Synopsis Elements of Controversy by : Barton C. Hacker
Download or read book Elements of Controversy written by Barton C. Hacker and published by . This book was released on 1994 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Nuclear Power and the Public Safety by : Elizabeth S. Rolph
Download or read book Nuclear Power and the Public Safety written by Elizabeth S. Rolph and published by Free Press. This book was released on 1979 with total page 248 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Investigation of charges relating to nuclear reactor safety by : United States. Congress. Joint Committee on Atomic Energy
Download or read book Investigation of charges relating to nuclear reactor safety written by United States. Congress. Joint Committee on Atomic Energy and published by . This book was released on 1976 with total page 522 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Investigation of Charges Relating to Nuclear Reactor Safety: Hearings and appendixes 1-11 by : United States. Congress. Joint Committee on Atomic Energy
Download or read book Investigation of Charges Relating to Nuclear Reactor Safety: Hearings and appendixes 1-11 written by United States. Congress. Joint Committee on Atomic Energy and published by . This book was released on 1976 with total page 1092 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Key Practical Issues in Strengthening Safety Culture by : International Atomic Energy Agency
Download or read book Key Practical Issues in Strengthening Safety Culture written by International Atomic Energy Agency and published by . This book was released on 2002 with total page 44 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Discusses key issues in safety culture and practical matters such as the assessment of personal contributions to the enhancement of safety culture. It complements Safety Series No. 75-INSAG-4, Safety Culture (1991) and INSAG Series No. 13, Management of Operational Safety in Nuclear Power Plants.
Book Synopsis The Silent Bomb by : Peter T. Faulkner
Download or read book The Silent Bomb written by Peter T. Faulkner and published by Random House (NY). This book was released on 1977 with total page 424 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author :United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Governmental Affairs. Subcommittee on Energy, Nuclear Proliferation, and Government Processes Publisher : ISBN 13 : Total Pages :76 pages Book Rating :4.F/5 ( download)
Book Synopsis International Nuclear Safety Concerns by : United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Governmental Affairs. Subcommittee on Energy, Nuclear Proliferation, and Government Processes
Download or read book International Nuclear Safety Concerns written by United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Governmental Affairs. Subcommittee on Energy, Nuclear Proliferation, and Government Processes and published by . This book was released on 1986 with total page 76 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Basic Safety Principles for Nuclear Power Plants by : International Nuclear Safety Advisory Group
Download or read book Basic Safety Principles for Nuclear Power Plants written by International Nuclear Safety Advisory Group and published by . This book was released on 1999 with total page 118 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The present report is a revision of Safety Series No. 75-INSAG-3 (1988), updating the statements made on the objectives and principles of safe design and operation for electricity generating nuclear power plants. It includes the improvements made in the safety of operating nuclear power plants and identifies the principles underlying the best current safety policies to be applied in future plants. It presents INSAG's understanding of the principles underlying the best current safety policies and practices of the nuclear power industry.
Book Synopsis Science, Politics, And Controversy by : Stephen L Del Sesto
Download or read book Science, Politics, And Controversy written by Stephen L Del Sesto and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2019-06-26 with total page 187 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: As of June 1977, the United States had some 232 nuclear power plants either planned or in operation, with a generating capacity estimated at about 321 million kilowatts. To date, the industrial world has spent over $200 billion in order to produce useful energy from nuclear fission. By all odds, civilian nuclear power is one of the largest technological ventures in history. To many, this massive effort is completely justified: No other single technology offers as much promise for satisfying world energy needs in the years ahead—particularly as fossil fuels dwindle and climb drastically in price. Yet to others, there is no single technology which raises such serious questions of risk to public health and safety.
Book Synopsis Nuclear Employee Safety Concerns by : Larry Horinko
Download or read book Nuclear Employee Safety Concerns written by Larry Horinko and published by DIANE Publishing. This book was released on 1997-07 with total page 80 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A nuclear power plant accident could result in severe harm or death not only for workers but also for thousands of people living in the surrounding area. The NRC is responsible for monitoring the 100 nuclear power plants & over 6,000 people licensed to possess & use nuclear materials & wastes. This report describes how federal laws & regulations protect nuclear power industry employees from discrimination for raising health & safety concerns, & determines the implementation status of recommendations made in recent internal audits of the system for protecting workers, & assesses the changes to the system.
Book Synopsis Atomic Energy & the Safety Controversy by : Ira Freedman
Download or read book Atomic Energy & the Safety Controversy written by Ira Freedman and published by . This book was released on 1978 with total page 184 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Nuclear Reactor Safety by : United States. Congress. Joint Committee on Atomic Energy
Download or read book Nuclear Reactor Safety written by United States. Congress. Joint Committee on Atomic Energy and published by . This book was released on 1974 with total page 582 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Nuclear Reactor Safety by : United States. Congress. Joint Committee on Atomic Energy
Download or read book Nuclear Reactor Safety written by United States. Congress. Joint Committee on Atomic Energy and published by . This book was released on 1974 with total page 1266 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
