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Supplying the Nuclear Arsenal

American Production Reactors, 1942-1992

Rodney P. Carlisle (Autor)

Buch | Hardcover

298 Seiten

1996
Johns Hopkins University Press (Verlag)
978-0-8018-5207-7 (ISBN)

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This work looks at the origin and development of the government-owned reactors that produce weapons-grade plutonium and tritium. The authors describe a 50-year US government effort no less complex, expensive, and technologically demanding than the Polaris or Apollo programmes. The evolution of the early reactors is described, as is the nuclear weapons establishment that surrounded them, and the sometimes bitter struggles between business and political constituencies for their share of the "nuclear pork". The text shows how, since the 1980s, ageing production reactors have increased the risk of radioactive contamination of the atmosphere and water table, and describes how the US Department of Energy mounted a massive effort to find the right design for a new generation of reactors.

Rodney P. Carlisle is professor of history at Rutgers University and vice president of History Associates, Inc., of Rockville, Maryland. Joan M. Zenzen is a staff historian at History Associates, Inc.

List of Illustrations
List of Tables and Figures
Preface
List of Abbreviations and Acronyms
Introduction
1. Inventing Atomic Piles
2. Building Reactors at Hanford
3. Contracting Atoms
4. Flexible Design at Savannah River
5. The Arms Race Arsenal
6. Designing a Reactor for Peace and War
7. Surviving Detente
8. Lobbying for Nuclear Pork
9. Managing Nuclear Options
Conclusion: Supplying the Cold War Arsenal
Appendix: Production Reactor Families
Notes
Bibliographic Essay
Index

Erscheint lt. Verlag	24.9.1996
Co-Autor	Joan M. Zenzen
Zusatzinfo	12 Illustrations, black and white
Verlagsort	Baltimore, MD
Sprache	englisch
Maße	152 x 229 mm
Gewicht	635 g
Themenwelt	Naturwissenschaften ► Biologie ► Ökologie / Naturschutz
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung ► Staat / Verwaltung
	Technik ► Elektrotechnik / Energietechnik
ISBN-10	0-8018-5207-2 / 0801852072
ISBN-13	978-0-8018-5207-7 / 9780801852077
Zustand	Neuware