Plutonium and the Rio Grande : environmental change and contamination in the nuclear age /
The first atomic bombs were constructed a the Los Alamos National Laboratory for the Manhattan project and other weapons programs. Waste plutonium was drained into the Rio Grande. This book studies the movement of the plutonium through the river system, and is illustrated with maps, diagrams and pho...
Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
Idioma: | Inglés |
Publicado: |
New York :
Oxford University Press,
1994.
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Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Sumario: | The first atomic bombs were constructed a the Los Alamos National Laboratory for the Manhattan project and other weapons programs. Waste plutonium was drained into the Rio Grande. This book studies the movement of the plutonium through the river system, and is illustrated with maps, diagrams and photographs. The analytic methods employed will serve as a model for application elsewhere. |
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Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (xvi, 329 pages) : illustrations, maps |
Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 303-321) and index. |
ISBN: | 1423765001 9781423765004 160129980X 9781601299802 1280443049 9781280443046 9786610443048 6610443041 0195358309 9780195358308 |