03835nam 22009015 450 991082895610332120230422042402.097866123562921-282-35629-10-520-92484-31-59734-804-X10.1525/9780520924840(CKB)111056485640942(EBL)224643(OCoLC)475931658(SSID)ssj0000219991(PQKBManifestationID)11910747(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000219991(PQKBWorkID)10137251(PQKB)11593369(StDuBDS)EDZ0000055920(OCoLC)49570023(MdBmJHUP)muse30680(DE-B1597)520343(DE-B1597)9780520924840(MiAaPQ)EBC224643(EXLCZ)9911105648564094220200424h20002001 fg engur||#||||||||txtccrPermissible dose a history of radiation protection in the twentieth century /J. Samuel WalkerBerkeley, CA :University of California Press,[2000]©20011 online resource (183 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-520-22328-4 Includes bibliographical references and index.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 --IndexHow 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.Nuclear energyLaw and legislationUnited StatesHistoryRadiationSafety measuresHistoryatomic.effluents.environmental hazard.fallout.industrial hazard.manufacturing.nuclear bomb testing.nuclear plants.nuclear power.nuclear workers.pollution.public fear.public health.public safety.radiation doses.radiation poisoning.radiation protection standards.radiation safety.radiation.radioactivity.science.scientific history.Nuclear energyLaw and legislationHistory.RadiationSafety measuresHistory.363.17/996/0904AR 25700rvkWalker J. Samuelauthttp://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut1190834U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission.DE-B1597DE-B1597BOOK9910828956103321Permissible dose4057115UNINA