Closing the Circle on the Splitting of the Atom

Closing the Circle on the Splitting of the Atom

Author: DIANE Publishing Company

Publisher: DIANE Publishing

Published: 1995-03

Total Pages: 124

ISBN-13: 9780788116360

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Describes environmental, safety, and health problems throughout the nuclear weapons complex and what the U.S. Dept. of Energy is doing to address them. Covers: building nuclear warheads: the process; wastes and other byproducts of the cold war (spent nuclear fuel, plutonium residues, radioactive waste, transuranic waste, hazardous waste, etc.); contamination and cleanup; an international perspective; transition to new missions; and looking to the future. Over 100 b/w photos. Extensive glossary and bibliography.