The Atomic Energy Commission Under Nixon

ISBN-13: 9781349606184 / Angielski / Miękka / 1993 / 268 str.

Glenn Theodore Seaborg; Ben Loeb; G. Seaborg

Opis

Dr. Seaborg describes how the Atomic Energy Commission, shorn of much of the political immunity of its early years, sought to maintain its programmes and ultimately its very existence, while besieged by competing pressures from the White House, other government agencies, anti-nuclear activists, industry, state governments, and Congress.

Spis treści

Foreword - Acknowledgements - Prologue: Brief Encounters - PART I EXPLOSIONS - The Perils of Plowshare - Testing the ABM Warhead - PART II ARMS CONTROL - The Nonproliferation Treaty - SALT - The Advice of Scientists - PART III FUROR OVER RADIATION STANDARDS - Monticello - The Environmental Onslaught - Challenges from Within - Lowering the Limits - PART IV RISE AND FALL OF THE BREEDER - Getting off the Ground - Issues Along the Way - Crash Landing - PART V ADMINISTRATIVE MATTERS - A Matter of Justice - The End of the Road - Epilogue - Appendix A: AEC Commissioners During Chairmanship of Glenn T. Seaborg - Appendix B: AEC Organization Chart at End of 1971 - List of Works Cited - Index