Nuclear test explosions : environmental and human impacts / edited by Sir Frederick Warner, René J.C. Kirchmann.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Warner, Frederick, 1910-2010.

Kirchmann, R.

International Council of Scientific Unions. Scientific Committee on Problems of the Environment.

Series:

SCOPE report ; 59.

SCOPE ; 59

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Nuclear weapons--Testing--Environmental aspects.

Nuclear weapons.

Nuclear weapons--Testing--Social aspects.

Nuclear weapons--Testing.

Social aspects.

Nuclear explosions.

Nuclear explosions--Environmental aspects.

Local Subjects:

Nuclear explosions.

Nuclear explosions--Environmental aspects.

Physical Description:

xxviii, 275 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

Chichester ; New York : Wiley, 2000.

Summary:

Nuclear Test Explosions Environmental and Human Impacts Edited by Sir Frederick Warner University of Essex, UK and Rene J.C. University of Liege, Belgium Nuclear Test Explosions summarises the findings of the international project SCOPE-RADTEST (Scientific Committee on Problems of the Environment - RADiation from nuclear TEST explosions), on the environmental and human impacts of nuclear tests. The location and dates of 730 explosions and the 2419 tests performed between 1945 and 1998 are given followed by discussion of their effects. The nuclear test sites include: Nevada, Semipalatinsk, Novaya Zemlya, South Pacific, Australia and Lob Nor. The fallout from 541 atmospheric tests and effects on human health and environment are assessed and the development of nuclear weapons is described. The contents of the book have been assembled by a team of experts and should greatly assist in the discussion of weapons limitation.

Notes:

"Published on behalf of the Scientific Committee on Problems of the Environment (SCOPE) of the International Council for Science (ICSU)."

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

0471978485

OCLC:

41497205