In this Book
- Poison in the Well: Radioactive Waste in the Oceans at the Dawn of the Nuclear Age
- Book
- 2008
- Published by: Rutgers University Press
summary
Poison in the Wellprovides a balanced look at the policy decisions, scientific conflicts, public relations strategies, and the myriad mishaps and subsequent cover-ups that were born out of the dilemma of where to house deadly nuclear materials. Jacob Darwin Hamblin traces the development of the issue in Western countries from the end of World War II to the blossoming of the environmental movement in the early 1970s.
Table of Contents
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- Acknowledgments
- pp. ix-x
- Introduction
- pp. 1-9
- Chapter 1: Threshold Illusions
- pp. 10-38
- Chapter 2: Radiation Anxieties
- pp. 39-72
- Chapter 5: No Atomic Graveyards
- pp. 126-158
- Chapter 7: Purely for Political Reasons
- pp. 190-218
- Chapter 8: Confronting Environmentalism
- pp. 219-251
- Conclusion
- pp. 252-260
- Bibliography
- pp. 291-299
- About the Author
- p. 313
Additional Information
ISBN
9780813544236
Related ISBN(s)
9780813542201
MARC Record
OCLC
236079950
Pages
326
Launched on MUSE
2012-01-01
Language
English
Open Access
No