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050 00 $aTK9152$b.M284 2014
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100 1 $aMahaffey, James A.,$eauthor.
245 10 $aAtomic accidents :$ba history of nuclear meltdowns and disasters : from the Ozark Mountains to Fukushima /$cJames Mahaffey.
246 30 $aHistory of nuclear meltdowns and disasters
250 $aFirst Pegasus Books edition.
264 1 $aNew York :$bPegasus Books,$c2014.
300 $axxi, 442 pages, 16 pages of unnumbered plates :$billustrations (some color) ;$c24 cm
336 $atext$btxt$2rdacontent
337 $aunmediated$bn$2rdamedia
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504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (pages 427-432) and index.
505 0 $aA triumph of Soviet technology -- Bill Crush and the hazards of steam under pressure -- We discover fire -- World War II, and danger beyond comprehension -- A bit of trouble in the great white north -- Birthing pains in Idaho -- Making everything else seem insignificant in the UK -- In nuclear research, even the goof-ups are fascinating -- The atomic man and lessons in fuel processing -- The military almost never lost a nuclear weapon -- The China syndrome plays in Harrisburg and Pripyat -- Tragedy at Fukushima Daiichi -- Caught in the Rickover trap.
520 $aA researcher and nuclear energy advocate describes a number of nuclear mishaps, analyzing what happened and why and explains how each of these accidents have furthered the study of the atom, and nuclear energy.
520 $aFrom the dozens of American bombs that went missing during the Cold War, to the misuse and misunderstanding of Rickover's nuclear submarine model, to full-scale meltdowns at Windscale, Three Mile Island, Chernobyl, and Fukushima, Mahaffey brings new insight into these catastrophes and reveals where scientists and engineers went wrong.
650 0 $aNuclear accidents$xHistory.
650 0 $aDisasters$xHistory.
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650 2 $aNuclear Energy$xHistory.
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650 7 $aKernschmelzen.$2gnd$0(DE-588)4163629-6
650 7 $aReaktorunfall.$2gnd$0(DE-588)4195666-7
650 7 $aKerntechnischer Unfall.$2gnd$0(DE-588)4120559-5