Nuclear power and the public / Harry Foreman, editor.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Foreman, Harry, 1915-

University of Minnesota.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Nuclear power plants--Environmental aspects--Congresses.

Nuclear power plants.

Radioactivity--Physiological effect--Congresses.

Radioactivity.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (292 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Minneapolis : University of Minnesota Press, [1970]

Language Note:

English

Contents:

TABLE OF CONTENTS; BASIC INFORMATION ABOUT REACTORS; DISCUSSION OF BRAY'S PAPER; ECOLOGICAL CONSIDERATIONS IN SITING NUCLEAR POWER PLANTS: The Problem of Long-Term Biotic Effects; THE REGULATION OF MAN-MADE RADIATION IN THE BIOSPHERE; EFFECTS OF HEATED WATER FROM NUCLEAR PLANTS ON AQUATIC LIFE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING AND SURVEILLANCE; STANDARDS OF RADIATION PROTECTION AND THEIR IMPLICATIONS FOR THE PUBLIC'S HEALTH; DISCUSSION OF PAPERS BETWEEN PAGES 3 AND 86; EVALUATION OF HEALTH HAZARDS TO THE PUBLIC ASSOCIATED WITH NUCLEAR POWER PLANT OPERATIONS

DISCUSSION OF PAPERS BETWEEN PAGES 3 AND 105THE RISK BENEFIT CALCULUS IN NUCLEAR POWER LICENSING; FEDERAL PREEMPTION OF REGULATION OF RELEASES OF RADIONUCLIDES FROM NUCLEAR POWER PLANTS: A Legal History and Rationale; POLICIES AFFECTING THE ENERGY NEEDS OF SOCIETY; INDUSTRIAL ENERGY RESOURCES; NUCLEAR POWER: Benefits and Risks; NUCLEAR POWER: Benefits and Risks; DISCUSSION OF PAPERS BETWEEN PAGES 3 AND 238; LIST OF CONTRIBUTORS AND PARTICIPANTS; INDEX

Notes:

Based upon a symposium held at the University of Minnesota, Oct. 10-11, 1969.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

OCLC:

476161831