The Nuclear Weapons Complex

Management for Health, Safety, and the Environment

National Research Council, Division on Engineering and Physical Sciences, Mathematics Commission on Physical Sciences and Applications, Committee to Provide Interim Oversight of the DOE Nuclear Weapons Complex (Autoren)

Buch | Softcover

156 Seiten

1989
National Academies Press (Verlag)
978-0-309-04179-9 (ISBN)

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Examines problems arising throughout government-owned, contractor-operated facilities in the United States engaged in activities to build nuclear weapons. This book draws conclusions about and makes recommendations for the health and safety of the nuclear weapons complex and addresses pressing environmental concerns.

In this volume, the National Research Council examines problems arising throughout government-owned, contractor-operated facilities in the United States engaged in activities to build nuclear weapons. The book draws conclusions about and makes recommendations for the health and safety of the nuclear weapons complex and addresses pressing environmental concerns. In addition, the book examines the future of the complex and offers suggestions for its modernization. Several explanatory appendixes provide useful background information on the functioning of the complex, criticality safety, plutonium chemistry, and weapons physics.

Table of Contents

Front Matter
Executive Summary
1. Introduction
2. Management
3. Environment
4. Safety
5. Health
6. Modernization of the Complex
Appendix A: Biographical Sketches of Committee Members
Appendix B: The DOE Nuclear Weapons Complex: A Descriptive Overview
Appendix C: Nuclear Criticality
Appendix D: Plutonium
Appendix E: Physics of Nuclear Weapons Design
Appendix F: Charge to the Committee
References
Abbreviations

Committee to Provide Interim Oversight of the DOE Nuclear Weapons Complex, National Research Council

1 Front Matter; 2 Executive Summary; 3 1. Introduction; 4 2. Management; 5 3. Environment; 6 4. Safety; 7 5. Health; 8 6. Modernization of the Complex; 9 Appendix A: Biographical Sketches of Committee Members; 10 Appendix B: The DOE Nuclear Weapons Complex: A Descriptive Overview; 11 Appendix C: Nuclear Criticality; 12 Appendix D: Plutonium; 13 Appendix E: Physics of Nuclear Weapons Design; 14 Appendix F: Charge to the Committee; 15 References; 16 Abbreviations

Erscheint lt. Verlag	1.2.1989
Verlagsort	Washington
Sprache	englisch
Maße	152 x 229 mm
Themenwelt	Medizin / Pharmazie ► Medizinische Fachgebiete ► Arbeits- / Sozial- / Umweltmedizin
Themenwelt	Technik ► Elektrotechnik / Energietechnik
ISBN-10	0-309-04179-1 / 0309041791
ISBN-13	978-0-309-04179-9 / 9780309041799
Zustand	Neuware