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Nuclear War I and Other Major Nuclear Disasters of the 20th Century

Nuclear War I and Other Major Nuclear Disasters of the 20th Century

Nuclear War I and Other Major Nuclear Disasters of the 20th Century

Samuel Upton Newtan

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AuthorHouse
Año de edición:
2007
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Historia general y mundial
ISBN:
9781425985110
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During the 20th century, hundreds of thousands of people died from the use of nuclear weapons in Nuclear War I and other nuclear disasters. Dr. Newtan’s book describes the disastrous consequences of the following nuclear developments all of which occurred in the 20th century: The Trinity Test of a nuclear device (explosion)The destruction of Hiroshima by a uranium bombThe destruction of Nagasaki by a plutonium bombThe hydrogen bomb, neutron bomb, and cobalt bombRadioactive falloutRadiological weaponsThe BRAVO Test (hydrogen bomb)Three Mile Island nuclear reactor disasterChernobyl nuclear reactor disasterFermi I breeder reactor disasterNuclear submarine disasters (U.S., U.S.S.R.)Thresher nuclear submarine disasterScorpion nuclear submarine disasterNuclear satellite disastersLost nuclear weaponsLost nuclear fissile materials for weaponsNuclear waste disastersActs of war on nuclear facilitiesNuclear terrorismProliferation of nuclear weaponsNuclear reactors in spaceNuclear weapons in space Nuclear waste - can it be safely stored for millennia? 3

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