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Author: Lorna Arnold Publisher: Springer ISBN: 1349240087 Category : History Languages : en Pages : 261
Book Description
In 1957, one of the two reactors built at Windscale in Cumbria to produce plutonium for bombs was destroyed by fire in the world's first major nuclear accident. This book tells of the men who designed, built and operated the reactors, and it describes the fire and what followed.
Author: Lorna Arnold Publisher: Springer ISBN: 1349105821 Category : Social Science Languages : en Pages : 260
Book Description
The aim of this book is to set the 1957 Windscale accident in its historical context in the immediate post-war period and the early days of the Cold War, to describe the event and its consequences and to evaluate it from the vantage point of 1990.
Author: Charles N Hill Publisher: World Scientific ISBN: 1908977442 Category : Science Languages : en Pages : 366
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Britain was the first country to exploit atomic energy on a large scale, and at its peak in the mid-1960s, it had generated more electricity from nuclear power than the rest of the world combined.The civil atomic energy programme grew out of the military programme which produced plutonium for atomic weapons. In 1956, Calder Hall power station was opened by the Queen. The very next year, one of the early Windscale reactors caught fire and the world's first major nuclear accident occurred.The civil programme ran into further difficulty in the mid-1960s and as a consequence of procrastination in the decision-making process, the programme lost momentum and effectively died. No nuclear power stations have been built since Sizewell B in the late 1980s.This book presents a study of Government papers that have recently become available in the public domain. For the first time in history, the research reactor programme is presented in detail, along with a study of the decision-making by the Government, the Atomic Energy Authority (AEA), and the Central Electricity Board (CEGB). This book is aimed at both specialists in nuclear power and the interested public as a technical history on the development and ultimate failure of the British atomic energy programme.
Author: Brian Austin Publisher: CRC Press ISBN: 1420033573 Category : Science Languages : en Pages : 659
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Schonland: Scientist and Soldier is a biography of Sir Basil Schonland FRS (1896-1972). Schonland was a major contributor to twentieth-century British and Commonwealth science, both in peace and war. This is not just a scientific biography, but a biography that tells much of a highly placed scientist and administrator, of the increasing engagement
Author: Steven D. Chandler Publisher: CRC Press ISBN: 9789056990664 Category : Technology & Engineering Languages : en Pages : 184
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A study of the way policy and legislation for regulating radioactive wastes has developed in the UK since the first specific legislation was enacted in 1948. Particular emphasis is given to the Atomic Energy Authority Act 1954 and the Radioactive Substances Act 1960 which set the framework for control that has lasted to the present day. The reader will gain a clear understanding of the factors that have shaped the regulatory framework for radioactive waste and the matters that must be considered in making changes for the future.
Author: R. E. Nightingale Publisher: Academic Press ISBN: 1483258483 Category : Technology & Engineering Languages : en Pages : 566
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Nuclear Graphite focuses on the development and uses of nuclear graphite, including machining practices, manufacture, nuclear properties and structure, radiation, and electrical resistance. The selection first discusses the applications of graphite in the nuclear industry, machining practices, and manufacture. Discussions focus on early, current, and future applications of graphite, impregnation, graphitization, purification, general machining techniques, and equipment and methods in the nuclear industry. The book then examines the structure and nuclear and properties of graphite. The text evaluates radiation-induced structural and dimensional changes; radiation effects on electrical and thermal properties; and radiation effects on mechanical properties. Topics include radiation effects on crystal structure, electrical resistance, thermoelectric power, magnetoresistance, coefficient of friction, irradiation under stress, and elastic moduli of nuclear graphite. The book also ponders on stored energy, annealing radiation effects, and gas-graphite systems. The selection is a dependable source of data for readers interested in the applications of nuclear graphite.
Author: Great Britain. Committee on Safety and Health at Work Publisher: ISBN: Category : Industrial hygiene Languages : en Pages : 254
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UK. Report of a committee inquiring into and commenting on the adequacy of labour legislation relating to occupational safety and occupational health - covers labour inspection, sanctions, safety, radiation protection, precautions against fire, noise and poisonous substances, administrative aspects of occupational medicine, safety training, research, employment accident benefits, etc., and stresses the need for more management initiatives and more involvement of workpeople themselves. Bibliography pp. 216 to 218 and statistical tables.
Author: Arthur C. Stern Publisher: Elsevier ISBN: 1483268829 Category : Science Languages : en Pages : 725
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Air Pollution, Second Edition, Volume I: Air Pollution and Its Effects discusses the cause, effect, transport, measurement, and control of air pollution. The volume covers the nature of air pollution; mechanism of the dispersal of air pollution by meteorological factors and from stacks; and its effect upon plants, animals, humans, materials, and visibility. The classification and extent of air pollution problems; air pollution effects on urban atmospheric and weather conditions; and the effects of air pollution on materials and the economy are discussed as well. Engineers, physicians, meteorologists, economists, sociologists, agronomists, and toxicologists will find the book a valuable reference material.
Author: Lorna Arnold
Author: Lorna Arnold
Author: U.S. Atomic Energy Commission. Health and Safety Laboratory
Author: Charles N Hill
Author: Brian Austin
Author: Atomic Industrial Forum
Author: Steven D. Chandler
Author: R. E. Nightingale
Author: Great Britain. Committee on Safety and Health at Work
Author: Arthur C. Stern
Author: Arthur C. Stern