Windscale 1957

Author : Lorna Arnold
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 1349240087
Total Pages : 261 pages
Book Rating : 4.81/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Windscale 1957 written by Lorna Arnold and published by Springer. This book was released on 2016-07-27 with total page 261 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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 13 : 1349105821
Total Pages : 260 pages
Book Rating : 4.23/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Windscale 1957 written by Lorna Arnold and published by Springer. This book was released on 1992-06-18 with total page 260 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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 : Serhii Plokhy
Publisher : W. W. Norton & Company
ISBN 13 : 1324021055
Total Pages : 289 pages
Book Rating : 4.56/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Atoms and Ashes: A Global History of Nuclear Disasters written by Serhii Plokhy and published by W. W. Norton & Company. This book was released on 2022-05-17 with total page 289 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A chilling account of more than half a century of nuclear catastrophes, by the author of the “definitive” (Economist) Cold War history, Nuclear Folly. Almost 145,000 Americans fled their homes in and around Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, in late March 1979, hoping to save themselves from an invisible enemy: radiation. The reactor at the nearby Three Mile Island nuclear power plant had gone into partial meltdown, and scientists feared an explosion that could spread radiation throughout the eastern United States. Thankfully, the explosion never took place—but the accident left deep scars in the American psyche, all but ending the nation’s love affair with nuclear power. In Atoms and Ashes, Serhii Plokhy recounts the dramatic history of Three Mile Island and five more accidents that that have dogged the nuclear industry in its military and civil incarnations: the disastrous fallout caused by the testing of the hydrogen bomb in the Bikini Atoll in 1954; the Kyshtym nuclear disaster in the USSR, which polluted a good part of the Urals; the Windscale fire, the worst nuclear accident in the UK’s history; back to the USSR with Chernobyl, the result of a flawed reactor design leading to the exodus of 350,000 people; and, most recently, Fukushima in Japan, triggered by an earthquake and a tsunami, a disaster on a par with Chernobyl and whose clean-up will not take place in our lifetime. Through the stories of these six terrifying incidents, Plokhy explores the risks of nuclear power, both for military and peaceful purposes, while offering a vivid account of how individuals and governments make decisions under extraordinary circumstances. Today, there are 440 nuclear reactors operating throughout the world, with nuclear power providing 10 percent of global electricity. Yet as the world seeks to reduce carbon emissions to combat climate change, the question arises: Just how safe is nuclear energy?

Author : Robert Emmet Hernan
Publisher : St. Martin's Press
ISBN 13 : 9780230105270
Total Pages : 256 pages
Book Rating : 4.70/5 ( download)

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Download or read book This Borrowed Earth written by Robert Emmet Hernan and published by St. Martin's Press. This book was released on 2010-02-02 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Over the last century mankind has irrevocably damaged the environment through the unscrupulous greed of big business and our own willful ignorance. Here are the strikingly poignant accounts of disasters whose names live in infamy: Chernobyl, Bhopal, Exxon Valdez, Three Mile Island, Love Canal, Minamata and others. And with these, the extraordinary and inspirational stories of the countless men and women who fought bravely to protect the communities and environments at risk.

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Publisher : Ed. Techniques Ingénieur
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 6 pages
Book Rating : 4./5 ( download)

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Download or read book Windscale 1957 written by and published by Ed. Techniques Ingénieur. This book was released on with total page 6 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Roger G. Steed
Publisher : GeneralStore PublishingHouse
ISBN 13 : 9781897113516
Total Pages : 432 pages
Book Rating : 4.1X/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Nuclear Power written by Roger G. Steed and published by GeneralStore PublishingHouse. This book was released on 2006 with total page 432 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book tells us how nuclear power works, what it looks like, and why it is safe. It explains how nuclear fission works, how nuclear reactors are controlled, and how their safety systems reliably protect us. For those of us who have never visited a nuclear power station, the author provides detailed descriptions, drawings, and photographs. He addresses our concerns about radiation protection, the economy of CANDU reactors, the lifespan of nuclear plants, and plant decommissioning. This book provides an understanding of the use of nuclear power, with its potential to protect our environment and decrease global warming.-- Publisher.

Author : Veronica McDermott
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 348 pages
Book Rating : 4.71/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Going Nuclear written by Veronica McDermott and published by . This book was released on 2008 with total page 348 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Energy crises and climate change have revived interest in the 'nuclear option' as the first decade of the twenty-first century edges towards an uncertain close. Going Nuclear is essential reading for anyone seeking co understand the origins and landmark developments of the nuclear age, why civil nuclear power became an iconic protest issue in the late twentieth century and the lessons we may draw from that as we confront the most serious environmental problems threatening our planet and human civilisation.

Author : Jon Agar
Publisher : Psychology Press
ISBN 13 : 9789057022586
Total Pages : 292 pages
Book Rating : 4.83/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Science and Spectacle written by Jon Agar and published by Psychology Press. This book was released on 1998 with total page 292 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book relates the construction of the telescope to the politics and culture of post-war Britain.

Author : C N Hill
Publisher : World Scientific
ISBN 13 : 1908977442
Total Pages : 368 pages
Book Rating : 4.41/5 ( download)

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Download or read book An Atomic Empire written by C N Hill and published by World Scientific. This book was released on 2013-07-31 with total page 368 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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. Contents:IntroductionAtomic PhysicsPeople and PlacesThe British Production PilesThe British BombThe Windscale IncidentThe Fast ReactorPIPPA and Calder HallCTR and ZETAResearch ReactorsThe Magnox StationsThe Second Power Programme: The AlternativesThe Advanced Gas-Cooled ReactorThe SGHWRDRAGON and the HTRAtomic Energy at SeaFinale Readership: Readers with an interest in the history of atomic energy in the UK. Keywords:Atomic;Energy;Reactor Windscale;Sellafield;Harwell;AGR;MagnoxKey Features:At present, there are no other books which detail the history of Britain's atomic energy programmeIt is accessible to a general readership as well as specialists in the atomic energy industryWith a renewed interest in nuclear energy, this book is a timely study of the initial development of nuclear power and history of the British nuclear energy programme

Author : Jim Mahaffey
Publisher : Open Road Media
ISBN 13 : 1480447749
Total Pages : 631 pages
Book Rating : 4.45/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Atomic Accidents written by Jim Mahaffey and published by Open Road Media. This book was released on 2014-02-04 with total page 631 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A “delightfully astute” and “entertaining” history of the mishaps and meltdowns that have marked the path of scientific progress (Kirkus Reviews, starred review). Radiation: What could go wrong? In short, plenty. From Marie Curie carrying around a vial of radium salt because she liked the pretty blue glow to the large-scale disasters at Chernobyl and Fukushima, dating back to the late nineteenth century, nuclear science has had a rich history of innovative exploration and discovery, coupled with mistakes, accidents, and downright disasters. In this lively book, long-time advocate of continued nuclear research and nuclear energy James Mahaffey looks at each incident in turn and analyzes what happened and why, often discovering where scientists went wrong when analyzing past meltdowns. Every incident, while taking its toll, has led to new understanding of the mighty atom—and the fascinating frontier of science that still holds both incredible risk and great promise.