Lorna Arnold
Palgrave Macmillan UK
e druk, 1992
9781349105847
Windscale 1957
Anatomy of a Nuclear Accident
Specificaties
Paperback, blz.
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Engels
Palgrave Macmillan UK |
1992
ISBN13: 9781349105847
Rubricering
Levertijd ongeveer 9 werkdagen
Gratis verzonden
Samenvatting
The aim of this book is to set the 1957 Windscale accident in its historical context in the immediate post-war period and the early days of the Cold War, to describe the event and its consequences and to evaluate it from the vantage point of 1990.
Specificaties
ISBN13:9781349105847
Taal:Engels
Bindwijze:paperback
Uitgever:Palgrave Macmillan UK
Hoofdrubriek:Geschiedenis, Mens en maatschappij
Inhoudsopgave
Britain's atomic bomb; Windscale's origins; after Hurricane; the ninth anneal; damage assessment and damage control; the Penney Inquiry and the first white paper; three more white papers; causes - an accident waiting to happen; appraisals and reappraisals; postscript.