Permissible Dose - A History of Radiation Protection in the Twentieth Century

Informationen zum Autor J. Samuel Walker is the historian of the United States Nuclear Regulatory Commission. His previous books include Containing the Atom (California! 1992) and (with George T.Mazuzan) Controlling the Atom (California! 1984). Klappentext "A crisp and compelling assessment of the issues surrounding radiation protection. . . . Walker has a remarkable ability to make complicated issues clear and easy to understand. "—Allan M. Winkler, author of Life under a Cloud "This concise and readable guide to the historical development of radiation protection standards by the federal government is exceptionally even-handed in discussing often controversial issues."—Barton C. Hacker, author of Elements of Controversy Zusammenfassung How much radiation is too much? This title examines the evolution, over more than a hundred years, of radiation protection standards and efforts to ensure radiation safety for nuclear workers and for the general public. Inhaltsverzeichnis LIST OF FIGURES  PREFACE  1. The Discovery of Radiation and Its Hazards  2. The Debate over Nuclear Power and Radiation  3. The Role of Federal Agencies in Radiation Protection  4. New Controversies, New Standards  5. The Ambiguities of Radiation Effects  ESSAY ON SOURCES  INDEX

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• Authors: J. Samuel Walker, J. Samuel (Historian Walker, J.samuel Walker, Sammuel J. Walker, Walker J. Samuel
• Publisher: University Of California Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 01.11.2000
• EAN: 9780520223288
• ISBN: 978-0-520-22328-8
• No. of pages: 182
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > General, dictionaries; Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Biology > Ecology; Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political system; Nature / Environmental Conservation & Protection, POLITICAL SCIENCE / General, Local History, Conservation of the environment, Politics and government, History of the Americas, Earth Sciences, US West