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Book Synopsis Operation Morning Light by : Leo Heaps
Download or read book Operation Morning Light written by Leo Heaps and published by Grosset & Dunlap. This book was released on 1978 with total page 212 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Examines the events prior to and following the crash of Cosmos 954. Written by a southerner, the book suffers from factual errors and obvious prejudice.
Download or read book Operation Morning Light written by and published by . This book was released on 2018 with total page 386 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Cosmos 954, a Soviet nuclear-powered satellite launched in September 1977 in Kazakhstan, re-entered the earth’s atmosphere in the early morning hours of 24 January 1978. The United States, which had mobilized its nuclear emergency response team (NEST) in early January, and Canada, which activated its Nuclear Accident Support Team (NAST) on 20 January, responded. Their search activities, under the designation “Operation Morning Light,” determined that radioactive satellite debris had survived re-entry and reached the ground. Their subsequent clean-up operations sought to safeguard the welfare of Northern Canadians living in the affected area. By critically evaluating the methods, equipment, and personnel employed during Morning Light, this recently declassified military report – published for the first time – explains how the combination of civilian scientific expertise with military capabilities succeeded in overcoming large distances across a frigid, subarctic environment to effectively locate and recover the radioactive remnants of Cosmos 954.
Book Synopsis Kosmos 954 and Operation Morning Light by : Charles River Editors
Download or read book Kosmos 954 and Operation Morning Light written by Charles River Editors and published by . This book was released on 2019-09-10 with total page 40 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: *Includes pictures *Includes a bibliography for further reading "We are just not good enough to tell New York City, for instance, that a satellite is coming and will knock King Kong off the Empire State Building at 2 P.M." - Lieutenant Colonel Yanchek, Space Defense Center chief, 1978 (Wilford, Jan 29, 1978, 1.) In the predawn sky of northern Canada on the morning of January 24th, 1978, a long streak of blue fire suddenly rushed across the starry vista northeast of the remote town of Yellowknife. Those out on the bitterly cold night, with a temperature many tens of degrees below zero Fahrenheit, saw a brilliant leading object sheathed in flames, blue or bluish red, and shining with incandescent intensity. Other, smaller objects or fragments shed off it, arcing or tumbling earthwards on their own trajectories. Even in this remote location, a number of individuals saw and reported the unusual phenomenon. Out under the starry dome of the distant north, where celestial objects appeared with burning clarity through the frigid, pure air, they watched the apparition until it vanished in the northeast, somewhere far over Great Slave Lake. One such observer, a native of the Dog Rib tribe named Jimmy Doctor, recounted what he saw: "That night I saw it I was listening to the radio at home when I heard some noise behind the house. So I got up to see what it was. It was a dog howling into the sky beside my skidoo. I looked up into the sky to see if the moon was still shining. That was when I seen the big flame going north east. I ran outside to see what it was. I thought it was a plane on fire. I didn't know what it was. It sounded like air coming out of a tire. That was the way I saw the satellite." (Heaps, 1978, 54). Of the relatively few people who witnessed it, most assumed they witnessed a burning passenger jet crashing. One thought that it might have something to do with lasers after seeing a program about them on television. Others, observing its speed and unusual appearance, recognized they had not seen a crashing aircraft, but had no ready explanation for it at all. Conversely, Canadian and American officials knew precisely what the people of Yellowknife and the surrounding areas witnessed. Within a short time, teams of scientists and security experts boarded aircraft to converge on the deep wilderness where the Soviet spy satellite Kosmos 954 had just crashed into the atmosphere and burned up over Great Slave Lake, strewing radioactive debris over an area of approximately 48,000 square miles. Those efforts would kick off one of the most unique environmental operations in history. Kosmos 954 and Operation Morning Light: The History of Efforts to Contain Radioactive Debris Spread across Canada by a Soviet Satellite examines how the satellite malfunctioned, the disastrous results, and efforts to clean up the radioactivity. Along with pictures depicting important people, places, and events, you will learn about Operation Morning Light like never before.
Download or read book Operation Morning Light written by and published by . This book was released on 2007 with total page 2 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Memories of Mistrust and Contamination by : Ellen Power
Download or read book Memories of Mistrust and Contamination written by Ellen Power and published by . This book was released on 2019 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: On January 24, 1978, the nuclear-powered Soviet satellite Cosmos 954 burned up over the Northwest Territories. Radioactive satellite debris dispersed across hundreds of square kilometres of land, including several communities. Working with nuclear emergency teams from the United States, the Canadian military undertook a months-long operation to recover this hazardous debris from the landscape. Government accounts of "Operation Morning Light" highlighted the mission's successes in locating harmful debris, emphasizing the negligible risk that most debris posed to the predominantly Dene and Métis communities affected. These authoritative narratives obscured the legacies of Cosmos 954 in communities like Lutsel K'e and Fort Resolution, where people still question the effects of Cosmos 954 on their traditional land, Denendeh. Their memories of the event reveal a lingering mistrust of government risk assessments and an ongoing uncertainty about the hazards of Cosmos 954 debris, especially as part of larger concerns about environmental contamination in Denendeh.
Book Synopsis Defusing Armageddon: Inside NEST, America's Secret Nuclear Bomb Squad by : Jeffrey Richelson
Download or read book Defusing Armageddon: Inside NEST, America's Secret Nuclear Bomb Squad written by Jeffrey Richelson and published by W. W. Norton & Company. This book was released on 2009-02-02 with total page 350 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Richelson reveals the history of America's super-secret government agency, Nuclear Emergency Support Team (NEST). "Defusing Armageddon" provides a behind-the-scenes look at NEST's personnel, operations, and detection and disablement equipment. 16 pages of illustrations; 4 maps.
Book Synopsis The Nuclear North by : Susan Colbourn
Download or read book The Nuclear North written by Susan Colbourn and published by UBC Press. This book was released on 2020-10-01 with total page 266 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Since the first atomic weapon was detonated in 1945, Canadians have debated not only the role of nuclear power in their uranium-rich land but also their country’s role in a nuclear world. Should Canada belong to international alliances that depend on the threat of nuclear weapons for their own security? Should Canadian-produced nuclear technologies be exported? What about the impact of atomic research on local communities and the environment? This incisive nuclear history engages with much larger debates about national identity, Canadian foreign policy contradictions during the Cold War, and Canada’s global standing to investigate these critical questions.
Book Synopsis Operation Morning Light by : United States. Dept. of Energy. Nevada Operations Office
Download or read book Operation Morning Light written by United States. Dept. of Energy. Nevada Operations Office and published by . This book was released on 1978 with total page 81 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author :United States. Department of Energy Publisher :Las Vegas, Nev. : United States Department of Energy, Nevada Operations Office ISBN 13 : Total Pages :81 pages Book Rating :4.:/5 (612 download)
Book Synopsis Operation Morning Light, Northwest Territories, Canada, 1978 : a Non-technical Summary of U.S. Participation by : United States. Department of Energy
Download or read book Operation Morning Light, Northwest Territories, Canada, 1978 : a Non-technical Summary of U.S. Participation written by United States. Department of Energy and published by Las Vegas, Nev. : United States Department of Energy, Nevada Operations Office. This book was released on 1978 with total page 81 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Morning Light Cleanup and Recovery Operation by :
Download or read book Morning Light Cleanup and Recovery Operation written by and published by . This book was released on 1978 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The nuclear fuel for Cosmos 954, the orbiting Russian reactor that broke up on reentry during January of 1978, has been identified as a U--Mo alloy containing about 10 wt% molybdenum. Identification was based on a combination of simulation studies at LLL, examination of fuel debris at Whiteshell Nuclear Research Establishment (WNRE), Pinawa, Manitoba, and reactor technology knowledge. In the LLL simulation studies, mixtures of uranium, molybdenum, and UO2 were heated under conditions that simulated reentry and then examined by scanning electron microscopy, energy dispersive spectrometry, and x-ray diffraction. These studies indicated metallic behavior and suggested a U--Mo alloy. The identification was useful in assisting the Canadians in recovery, cleanup, and health/safety activities associated with the radioactive debris, which was scattered over a wide region of the Great Slave Lake.
Download or read book Cold Science written by Stephen Bocking and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2019-03-07 with total page 632 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Science during the Cold War has become a matter of lively interest within the historical research community, attracting the attention of scholars concerned with the history of science, the Cold War, and environmental history. The Arctic—recognized as a frontier of confrontation between the superpowers, and consequently central to the Cold War—has also attracted much attention. This edited collection speaks to this dual interest by providing innovative and authoritative analyses of the history of Arctic science during the Cold War.
Book Synopsis Analysis of Beryllium Parts for Cosmos 954 by :
Download or read book Analysis of Beryllium Parts for Cosmos 954 written by and published by . This book was released on 2005 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Operation Morning Light was conducted to search for the reactor core of Cosmos 954, the nuclear-powered Soviet satellite that crashed in the northwest territories of Canada in late January 1978. many of the satellite parts found were beryllium. This study discusses the geometry, condition, microstructure, and possible fabrication history of these beryllium parts.
Book Synopsis Cold War Controller by : David N. Penley
Download or read book Cold War Controller written by David N. Penley and published by FriesenPress. This book was released on 2015-05-25 with total page 382 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Cold War Controller is the compelling memoir of a Canadian Air Force Officer who started off in the junior ranks as a radar technician and later qualified as air traffic controller during the Cold War 1970s and 1980s. Presented as a highly readable collection of vignettes, this volume is chock full of air force history, human interest twists, hilarious pranks, exciting chills and spills of operational flying, situations of the bizarre and unexplainable, and impressions of air force culture. This fascinating collection of anecdotes will interest anyone intrigued by aviation, military history, flying stories, radar technology, self-achievement, the military family, and the overcoming of mental health problems. Learn from Sparky’s mistakes as he begins to succumb to the effects of chronic stress, alcohol dependency, and fear, and yet overcomes his demons to heal and go on learning and working successfully in the Air Force for many more years. Eventually he would end up as a military mental health counsellor.
Download or read book Area 51 written by Annie Jacobsen and published by Little, Brown. This book was released on 2011-05-17 with total page 604 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This "compellingly hard-hitting" bestseller from a Pulitzer Prize finalist gives readers the complete untold story of the top-secret military base for the first time (New York Times). It is the most famous military installation in the world. And it doesn't exist. Located a mere seventy-five miles outside of Las Vegas in Nevada's desert, the base has never been acknowledged by the U.S. government — but Area 51 has captivated imaginations for decades. Myths and hypotheses about Area 51 have long abounded, thanks to the intense secrecy enveloping it. Some claim it is home to aliens, underground tunnel systems, and nuclear facilities. Others believe that the lunar landing itself was filmed there. The prevalence of these rumors stems from the fact that no credible insider has ever divulged the truth about his time inside the base. Until now. Annie Jacobsen had exclusive access to nineteen men who served the base proudly and secretly for decades and are now aged 75-92, and unprecedented access to fifty-five additional military and intelligence personnel, scientists, pilots, and engineers linked to the secret base, thirty-two of whom lived and worked there for extended periods. In Area 51, Jacobsen shows us what has really gone on in the Nevada desert, from testing nuclear weapons to building super-secret, supersonic jets to pursuing the War on Terror. This is the first book based on interviews with eye witnesses to Area 51 history, which makes it the seminal work on the subject. Filled with formerly classified information that has never been accurately decoded for the public, Area 51 weaves the mysterious activities of the top-secret base into a gripping narrative, showing that facts are often more fantastic than fiction, especially when the distinction is almost impossible to make.
Author :United States. Congress. House. Committee on Armed Services. Procurement and Military Nuclear Systems Subcommittee Publisher : ISBN 13 : Total Pages :910 pages Book Rating :4.0/5 ( download)
Book Synopsis Hearings on H.R. 2603, Department of Energy Authorization Legislation (national Security Programs) for Fiscal Year 1980 Before the Procurement and Military Nuclear Systems Subcommittee of the Committee on Armed Services, House of Representatives, Ninety-sixth Congress, First Session ... by : United States. Congress. House. Committee on Armed Services. Procurement and Military Nuclear Systems Subcommittee
Download or read book Hearings on H.R. 2603, Department of Energy Authorization Legislation (national Security Programs) for Fiscal Year 1980 Before the Procurement and Military Nuclear Systems Subcommittee of the Committee on Armed Services, House of Representatives, Ninety-sixth Congress, First Session ... written by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Armed Services. Procurement and Military Nuclear Systems Subcommittee and published by . This book was released on 1979 with total page 910 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author :United States. Congress. House. Committee on Armed Services. Procurement and Military Nuclear Systems Subcommittee Publisher : ISBN 13 : Total Pages :872 pages Book Rating :4.3/5 (121 download)
Book Synopsis Hearings on H.R. 2603 ... Before the Procurement and Military Nuclear Systems Subcommittee of the Committee on Armed Services, House of Representatives, Ninety-sixth Congress, First Session by : United States. Congress. House. Committee on Armed Services. Procurement and Military Nuclear Systems Subcommittee
Download or read book Hearings on H.R. 2603 ... Before the Procurement and Military Nuclear Systems Subcommittee of the Committee on Armed Services, House of Representatives, Ninety-sixth Congress, First Session written by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Armed Services. Procurement and Military Nuclear Systems Subcommittee and published by . This book was released on 1979 with total page 872 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Losing The Sky written by Andy Lawrence and published by Photon Productions. This book was released on 2021-02-08 with total page 128 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The threat to the sky from satellite mega-constellations, why it matters, and what we can do about it From the foreword by Brian May: "Professor Lawrence, in this timely book, tackles an issue which is about to become highly contentious around the world... This book will hopefully spark enough discussion to put the brakes on this destruction of our dark skies." From Dava Sobel, author "Longitude" and "The Glass Universe": "At the beginning of this essential book, Andy Lawrence shares dark sky memories in which even a car breakdown on a deserted road turns magical and formative when the stars appear. Let there be dark." From Dave Eicher, editor-in-chief of Astronomy Magazine: “Professor Lawrence’s book ought to be required reading for every astronomer and astronomy enthusiast who values the starry sky and what might happen to it in future times.” From Mark McCaughrean, Senior Science Adviser, European Space Agency: "As commercial developers flood low Earth orbit with satellites to exploit the demand for more movie streaming, videoconferencing, low-latency gaming, and high-speed trading, what's the real cost? ." From Pippa Goldschmidt, author of The Falling Sky and The Need for Better Regulation of Outer Space: “An important book about an important subject. Professor Andy Lawrence explains how obliteration of our view of the heavens by the next generation of communications satellites is akin to destruction of the Earth’s natural habitats.” From John A. Murray, author or editor of 45 nature books, including Wild Africa, A Republic of Rivers, and The Islands and The Sea: "Simply put, this remarkable book should be in all libraries, public or private, that aspire to be complete on the subjects of science and technology. Working together, people around the planet, inspired by this eloquent and passionate book, can put an end to the madness and folly of "artificial constellations" "
