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...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Graf, William L., 1947- (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York : Oxford University Press, 1994.
Temas:
Los Alamos National Laboratory.
Los Alamos National Laboratory
Plutonium > Environmental aspects.
Radioactive pollution of water > Rio Grande Watershed (Colo.-Mexico and Tex.)
Radioactive pollution of soils > Rio Grande Watershed (Colo.-Mexico and Tex.)
Plutonium > Aspect de l'environnement.
Pollution radioactive des eaux > Grande, Bassin du rio (Col.-Mexique et Tex.)
Pollution radioactive des sols > Grande, Bassin du rio (Col.-Mexique et Tex.)
TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING > Environmental > Water Supply.
Plutonium > Environmental aspects
Radioactive pollution of soils
Radioactive pollution of water
Kerntechnische Anlage
Plutoniumbelastung
North America > Rio Grande Watershed
Rio Grande > Fluss
Los Alamos (N.M.)
Rivers > Pollution > Radioactive materials
New Mexico
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • 1. Introduction and Related Research; 2. Plutonium and Los Alamos; 3. The Northern Rio Grande Basin; 4. Fluvial Sediment, Forms, and Processes; 5. Engineering Works; 6. Reparian Vegetation; 7. Plutonium in the Rio Grande System; 8. Annual Plutonium Budget for the Rio Grande; 9. Sediment and Plutonium Storage Upstream from Cochiti; 10. Sediment and Plutonium Storage Downstream from Cochiti; 11. Simulation of Sediment and Plutonium Dynamics; 12. General Lessons and Conclusions; Appendixes; Notes; References; Index

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