Plutonium and the Rio Grande : environmental change and contamination in the nuclear age /

Workers at the Los Alomos National Laboratory dumped waste plutonium from the Manhattan Project and other nuclear weapons projects into canyons draining into the Rio Grande. This book studies the movement of the plutonium through the river system, and is illustrated with maps, diagrams and photograp...

Ausführliche Beschreibung

Gespeichert in:
1. Verfasser:
Graf, William L.
Format:
Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:
Englisch
Veröffentlicht:
New York : Oxford University Press, 2020.
Zusammenfassung:
Workers at the Los Alomos National Laboratory dumped waste plutonium from the Manhattan Project and other nuclear weapons projects into canyons draining into the Rio Grande. This book studies the movement of the plutonium through the river system, and is illustrated with maps, diagrams and photographs. The analytic methods employed will serve as a model for application elsewhere.
Umfang:
1 online resource (346 p.)
Anmerkungen:
Previously issued in print: 1994.
Zielpublikum:
Specialized.
Anmerkungen:
English
Bibliografie:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:
0-19-756057-1
1-280-44304-9
9786610443048
1-4237-6500-1
0-19-535830-9
1-60129-980-X
Schlagworte:
Los Alamos National Laboratory.
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