LEADER 03601nam 2200601 a 450 001 9910782101403321 005 20230721032417.0 010 $a1-281-39720-2 010 $a9786611397203 010 $a0-8135-4423-8 024 7 $a10.36019/9780813544236 035 $a(CKB)1000000000519325 035 $a(EBL)348828 035 $a(OCoLC)476163928 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000082626 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11120575 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000082626 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10144457 035 $a(PQKB)10377733 035 $a(OCoLC)236079950 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse8151 035 $a(DE-B1597)530138 035 $a(DE-B1597)9780813544236 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL348828 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10231510 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL139720 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC348828 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000519325 100 $a20070416d2008 ub 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcn||||||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aPoison in the well$b[electronic resource] $eradioactive waste in the oceans at the dawn of the nuclear age /$fJacob Darwin Hamblin 210 $aNew Brunswick, N.J. $cRutgers University Press$dc2008 215 $a1 online resource (326 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-8135-4220-0 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 291-299) and index. 327 $tFront matter --$tContents --$tAcknowledgments --$tIntroduction --$tChapter 1. Threshold Illusions --$tChapter 2. Radiation Anxieties --$tChapter 3. The Other Atomic Scientists --$tChapter 4. Forging an International Consensus --$tChapter 5. No Atomic Graveyards --$tChapter 6. The Environment as Cold War Terrain --$tChapter 7. Purely for Political Reasons --$tChapter 8. Confronting Environmentalism --$tConclusion --$tNotes --$tBibliography --$tIndex 330 $aIn the early 1990's, Russian President Boris Yeltsin revealed that for the previous thirty years the Soviet Union had dumped vast amounts of dangerous radioactive waste into rivers and seas in blatant violation of international agreements. The disclosure caused outrage throughout the Western world, particularly since officials from the Soviet Union had denounced environmental pollution by the United States and Britain throughout the cold war. Poison in the Well provides 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. Why did scientists and politicians choose the sea for waste disposal? How did negotiations about the uses of the sea change the way scientists, government officials, and ultimately the lay public envisioned the oceans? 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 1970's. This is an important book for students and scholars in the history of science who want to explore a striking case study of the conflicts that so often occur at the intersection of science, politics, and international diplomacy. 606 $aRadioactive waste disposal in the ocean 615 0$aRadioactive waste disposal in the ocean. 676 $a363.72/8909162 700 $aHamblin$b Jacob Darwin$0792165 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910782101403321 996 $aPoison in the well$93687080 997 $aUNINA