The Nuclear Weapons Complex:

Management for Health, Safety, and the Environment

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Size: 156 pages, 6 x 9

Publication Year:1989

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Committee to Provide Interim Oversight of the DOE Nuclear Weapons Complex, National Research Council
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In this volume, the National Research Council examines problems arising throughout government-owned, contractor-operated facilities in the United States engaged in activities to build nuclear weapons. The book draws conclusions about and makes recommendations for the health and safety of the ...
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Front Matter	i-x
Executive Summary	1-7	(skim)
1. Introduction	8-13	(skim)
2. Management	14-33	(skim)
3. Environment	34-53	(skim)
4. Safety	54-70	(skim)
5. Health	71-80	(skim)
6. Modernization of the Complex	81-92	(skim)
Appendix A: Biographical Sketches of Committee Members	93-101	(skim)
Appendix B: The DOE Nuclear Weapons Complex: A Descriptive Overview	102-112	(skim)
Appendix C: Nuclear Criticality	113-117	(skim)
Appendix D: Plutonium	118-122	(skim)
Appendix E: Physics of Nuclear Weapons Design	123-128	(skim)
Appendix F: Charge to the Committee	129-140	(skim)
References	141-144	(skim)
Abbreviations	145-146	(skim)

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In this volume, the National Research Council examines problems arising throughout government-owned, contractor-operated facilities in the United States engaged in activities to build nuclear weapons. The book draws conclusions about and makes recommendations for the health and safety of the nuclear weapons complex and addresses pressing environmental concerns. In addition, the book examines the future of the complex and offers suggestions for its modernization. Several explanatory appendixes provide useful background information on the functioning of the complex, criticality safety, plutonium chemistry, and weapons physics.

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