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UNINA9910828956103321 |
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Autore |
Walker J. Samuel |
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Titolo |
Permissible dose : a history of radiation protection in the twentieth century / / J. Samuel Walker |
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Berkeley, CA : , : University of California Press, , [2000] |
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©2001 |
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ISBN |
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9786612356292 |
1-282-35629-1 |
0-520-92484-3 |
1-59734-804-X |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (183 p.) |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Nuclear energy - Law and legislation - United States - History |
Radiation - Safety measures - History |
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Lingua di pubblicazione |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Front matter -- Contents -- Figures -- Preface -- I. The Discovery of Radiation and Its Hazards -- 2. The Debate over Nuclear Power and Radiation -- 3. The Role of Federal Agencies in Radiation Protection -- 4. New Controversies, New Standards -- 5. The Ambiguities of Radiation Effects -- Essay on Sources -- Index |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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How much radiation is too much? J. Samuel Walker examines the evolution, over more than a hundred years, of radiation protection standards and efforts to ensure radiation safety for nuclear workers and for the general public. The risks of radiation-caused by fallout from nuclear bomb testing, exposure from medical or manufacturing procedures, effluents from nuclear power, or radioactivity from other sources-have aroused more sustained controversy and public fear than any other comparable industrial or environmental hazard. Walker clarifies the entire radiation debate, showing that permissible dose levels are a key to the principles and practices that have prevailed in the field of radiation protection since the 1930's, and to their highly charged political and scientific history as well. |
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