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Three Mile Island: A Nuclear Crisis in Historical Perspective
J. Samuel Walker
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Description for Three Mile Island: A Nuclear Crisis in Historical Perspective
Hardback. On March 28, 1979 the worst accident in the history of commercial nuclear power in the United States occurred at Three Mile Island. This is the comprehensive account of the causes, context, and consequences of the Three Mile Island crisis. It captures the high human drama surrounding the accident. Num Pages: 314 pages, 22 b/w photographs, 2 line illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBLW3; RNP; RNQ; THK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 472.
Twenty-five years ago, Hollywood released "The China Syndrome", featuring Jane Fonda and Michael Douglas as a TVnews crew who witness what appears to be a serious accident at a nuclear power plant. In a spectacular coincidence, on March 28, 1979, less than two weeks after the movie came out, the worst accident in the history of commercial nuclear power in the United States occurred at Three Mile Island. For five days, the citizens of central Pennsylvania and the entire world, amid growing alarm, followed the efforts of authorities to prevent the crippled plant from spewing dangerous quantities of radiation into ... Read more
Twenty-five years ago, Hollywood released "The China Syndrome", featuring Jane Fonda and Michael Douglas as a TVnews crew who witness what appears to be a serious accident at a nuclear power plant. In a spectacular coincidence, on March 28, 1979, less than two weeks after the movie came out, the worst accident in the history of commercial nuclear power in the United States occurred at Three Mile Island. For five days, the citizens of central Pennsylvania and the entire world, amid growing alarm, followed the efforts of authorities to prevent the crippled plant from spewing dangerous quantities of radiation into ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Number of pages
314
Condition
New
Number of Pages
314
Place of Publication
Berkerley, United States
ISBN
9780520239401
SKU
V9780520239401
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About J. Samuel Walker
J. Samuel Walker is the historian of the United States Nuclear Regulatory Commission. His previous books include Permissible Dose: A History of Radiation Protection in the Twentieth Century (California, 2000) and Containing the Atom: Nuclear Regulation in a Changing Environment, 1963-1971 (California, 1992).
Reviews for Three Mile Island: A Nuclear Crisis in Historical Perspective
"Walker has produced a superb and balanced account, one of the few that attempts to set both the accident and the efforts to understand and cope with it into a broader historical and regulatory context." - Gene I. Rochlin, Science (aaas) "[A] day-by-day breakdown of the accident and the reaction from politicians, media and the public, all told with simplicity ... Read more