Elements of controversy : the Atomic Energy Commission and radiation safety in nuclear weapons testing, 1947-1974 / Barton C. Hacker.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Hacker, Barton C., 1935-

Contributor:

American Council of Learned Societies.

Series:

ACLS Humanities E-Book.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

U.S. Atomic Energy Commission--History.

U.S. Atomic Energy Commission.

Nuclear weapons--United States--Testing--Safety measures--History.

Nuclear weapons.

Nuclear weapons--History--Safety measures--Testing--United States.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xxiv, 614 p. ) maps ;

Place of Publication:

Berkeley, CA : University of California Press, c1994.

Language Note:

English

Contents:

Introduction: Testing and Radiological Safety

1. Operation Sandstone: The AEC Test Program Begins, 1947-1948

2. A Continental Test Site: Operation Greenhouse and Ranger 1948-1951

3. Developing Weapons and Tactics in Nevada

4. Testing Jeopardized: Fallout from Ivy and Upshot-Knothole, 1952-1953

5. The cost of Sheep: Fallout and the Future of Nevada's Testing

6. Operation Castle, 1954

7. Routinization and Controversy: Accelerated Testing and Rising Public Concern, 1955-1956

8. Atmospheric Testing Challenged: Safety Issues and the Test Ban Movement, 1956-1961

9: From Moratorium to Test Ban: Radiation Safety in Transition, 1961-1964

10. Testing Underground: The New Character of Radiation Safety, 1964-1974

Epilogue: After the AEC, 1975-1990

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references (p. 491-563) and indexes.

ISBN:

9780520083233

0520083237

Publisher Number:

2027/heb00533 hdl