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Red atom : Russia's nuclear power program from Stalin to today / Paul R. Josephson.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Josephson, Paul R., author.
- Series:
- University of Pittsburgh Digital Collections
- University of Pittsburgh Press Digital Editions
- Series in Russian and East European studies.
- Pitt series in Russian and East European studies
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Nuclear energy--Former Soviet republics--History--20th century.
- Nuclear energy.
- Nuclear industry--Former Soviet republics--History--20th century.
- Nuclear industry.
- Nuclear energy--Russia (Federation)--History--20th century.
- Nuclear industry--Russia (Federation)--History--20th century.
- Former Soviet republics--Politics and government.
- Former Soviet republics.
- Russia (Federation)--Politics and government.
- Russia (Federation).
- Genre:
- History
- Electronic books.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (365 p.)
- Edition:
- First University of Pittsburgh Press pbk. edition.
- Place of Publication:
- Pittsburgh : University of Pittsburgh Press, [2000]
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- "Red Atom takes a behind-the-scenes look at the history of the Soviet Union's peaceful use of nuclear power. It explores both the projects and the technocratic and political elite who were dedicated to increasing state power through technology. And it describes the political, economic, and environmental fallout of Chernobyl." "A story of big science run amok, Red Atom illuminates the problems that can befall any society heavily invested in large-scale technology."--Jacket
- Contents:
- The reactor in the garden
- Nuclear breeders : technological determinism
- Nuclear concrete
- Nuclear engines : technology as panacea
- Nuclear chickens : out of the frying pan, into the ionizing radiation
- A stellar promise : the display value of fusion power
- Reactors for the republics
- Nuclear explosions peaceful and otherwise.
- Notes:
- Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
- Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed October 14, 2014).
- Includes bibliographical references in "notes" (pages 310-337) and indexes
- ISBN:
- 9781322183190
- 1322183198
- 9780822978473
- 0822978474
- OCLC:
- 749132439
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