Nuked : Echoes of the Hiroshima Bomb in St. Louis /

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"Nuked recounts the long-term effects of radiological exposure in St. Louis, Missouri-the city that refined uranium for the first self- sustaining nuclear reaction and the first atomic bomb. As part of the top-secret Manhattan Project during World War II, the refining created an enormous amount...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Morice, Linda C. (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Athens : The University of Georgia Press, 2022.
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
Manhattan Project (U.S.)
Mallinckrodt Chemical Works (Saint Louis, Mo.)
Mallinckrodt Chemical Works (Saint Louis, Mo.) > History.
Manhattan Project (U.S.) > History.
Uranium > Toxicology.
Uranium > Environmental aspects.
Radioactive waste disposal > Environmental aspects.
Radiation > Safety measures.
Radiation > Physiological effect.
Radiation > Health aspects.
Radioactive waste disposal > Environmental aspects > Missouri > Saint Louis Metropolitan Area.
Uranium > Environmental aspects > Missouri > Saint Louis County.
Uranium > Toxicology > Missouri > Saint Louis County.
Radiation > Physiological effect > Missouri > Saint Louis County.
Radiation > Health aspects > Missouri > Saint Louis County.
Missouri > Saint Louis Metropolitan Area.
Missouri > Saint Louis County.
History.
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Part One. The Contamination
  • The Secret Weapon
  • The Deposit
  • Part Two. The Dissemination
  • The Contamination Spreads
  • Bureaucratic Blues
  • Part Three. The People
  • The Advocates
  • An Environmental Justice Watershed
  • A Part Of The Whole.

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