Nuclear wastelands : a global guide to nuclear weapons production and its health and environmental effects /

Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Corporate Authors: International Physicians for the Prevention of Nuclear War, Institute for Energy and Environmental Research (Takoma Park, Md.)
Other Authors: Makhijani, Arjun, Hu, Howard, Yih, Katherine
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Cambridge, Mass. : MIT Press, ©1995.
Subjects:
Nuclear weapons plants > Environmental aspects.
Nuclear weapons > Testing > Environmental aspects.
Nuclear weapons plants > Health aspects.
Nuclear weapons > Testing > Health aspects.
Nuclear warfare.
Mineral industries.
Heavy metals.
Actinide elements.
War.
Metals.
Chemical elements.
Industries.
Social problems.
Inorganic compounds.
Sociology.
Social sciences.
Plutonium.
Uranium.
Nuclear Warfare
Radiation Effects
Radioactive Pollutants > adverse effects
Metals, Heavy
Actinoid Series Elements
Extraction and Processing Industry
Technology, Industry, and Agriculture
Complex Mixtures
Electrical Equipment and Supplies
Armed Conflicts
Metals
Equipment and Supplies
Elements
Elements, Radioactive
Chemicals and Drugs
Industry
Social Problems
Technology, Industry, Agriculture
Inorganic Chemicals
Sociology
Analytical, Diagnostic and Therapeutic Techniques and Equipment
Social Sciences
Anthropology, Education, Sociology and Social Phenomena
Plutonium
Uranium
Radioactive Pollutants
Mining
Plutonium > adverse effects
Power Plants
Uranium > adverse effects
Armes nucléaires > Usines > Aspect de l'environnement.
Armes nucléaires > Essais > Aspect de l'environnement.
Guerre nucléaire.
Mines > Industrie.
Éléments traces métalliques.
Actinides.
Guerre.
Métaux.
Éléments chimiques.
Industrie.
Problèmes sociaux.
Composés inorganiques.
Sociologie.
Sciences sociales.
nuclear wars.
mining.
armed conflicts.
wars.
metal.
industries (organizations)
industry (economic concept)
social issues.
sociology.
social sciences.
uranium.
HEALTH & FITNESS > Safety.
Civil & Environmental Engineering.
Engineering & Applied Sciences.
Environmental Engineering.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • A readiness to harm / Arjun Makhijani
  • Methodology / Arjun Makhijani and Howard Hu
  • The production of nuclear weapons and environmental hazards / Arjun Makhijani and Scott Saleska
  • Health hazards of nuclear weapons production / David Sumner, Howard Hu, and Alistair Woodward
  • Uranium mining and milling for military purposes / Katherine Yih [and others]
  • The United States / Arjun Makhijani [and others]
  • Russia and the territories of the former Soviet Union / Albert Donnay [and others]
  • The United Kingdom / David Sumner, Rebecca Johnson, and William Peden
  • France / Albert Donnay and Martin Kuster
  • China / Alexandra Brooks and Howard Hu
  • Near-nuclear and de facto nuclear weapons countries / Albert Donnay and Arjun Makhijani
  • The global picture : summary and recommendations / Howard Hu and Arjun Makhijani.

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