The Nuclear Weapons Complex
Management for Health, Safety, and the Environment
Published on 1. January 1989
Book
Paperback/Softback
156 pages
978-0-309-04179-9 (ISBN)
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.
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Edition
UK edition
Language
English
Place of publication
Washington
United States
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Unsewn / adhesive bound
Dimensions
Height: 227 mm
Width: 149 mm
Thickness: 12 mm
Weight
260 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-309-04179-9 (9780309041799)
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Additional editions
National Research Council | Division on Engineering and Physical Sciences | Commission on Physical Sci
Nuclear Weapons Complex
Management for Health, Safety, and the Environment
E-Book
01/1989
1st Edition
National Academies Press
€36.99
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Persons
Committee to Provide Interim Oversight of the DOE Nuclear Weapons Complex, National Research Council
Content
1 Front Matter; 2 Executive Summary; 3 1. Introduction; 4 2. Management; 5 3. Environment; 6 4. Safety; 7 5. Health; 8 6. Modernization of the Complex; 9 Appendix A: Biographical Sketches of Committee Members; 10 Appendix B: The DOE Nuclear Weapons Complex: A Descriptive Overview; 11 Appendix C: Nuclear Criticality; 12 Appendix D: Plutonium; 13 Appendix E: Physics of Nuclear Weapons Design; 14 Appendix F: Charge to the Committee; 15 References; 16 Abbreviations