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008			150601s2014 nyuaf b 001 0 eng d
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020			_a9781605984926 _qhardbound
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020			_a9781605986807
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042			_alccopycat
050	0	0	_aTK9152 _b.M284 2014
082	0	4	_a363.17/99 _223
100	1		_aMahaffey, James A.,
245	1	0	_aAtomic accidents : _ba history of nuclear meltdowns and disasters : from the Ozark Mountains to Fukushima / _cJames Mahaffey.
246	3	0	_aHistory of nuclear meltdowns and disasters
250			_aFirst Pegasus Books edition.
264		1	_aNew York : _bPegasus Books, _c2014.
300			_axxi, 442 pages, 16 pages of unnumbered plates : _billustrations (some color) ; _c24 cm
336			_atext _btxt _2rdacontent
337			_aunmediated _bn _2rdamedia
338			_avolume _bnc _2rdacarrier
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references (pages 427-432) and index.
505	0		_aA triumph of Soviet technology -- Bill Crush and the hazards of steam under pressure -- We discover fire -- World War II, and danger beyond comprehension -- A bit of trouble in the great white north -- Birthing pains in Idaho -- Making everything else seem insignificant in the UK -- In nuclear research, even the goof-ups are fascinating -- The atomic man and lessons in fuel processing -- The military almost never lost a nuclear weapon -- The China syndrome plays in Harrisburg and Pripyat -- Tragedy at Fukushima Daiichi -- Caught in the Rickover trap.
520			_aA researcher and nuclear energy advocate describes a number of nuclear mishaps, analyzing what happened and why and explains how each of these accidents have furthered the study of the atom, and nuclear energy.
520			_aFrom the dozens of American bombs that went missing during the Cold War, to the misuse and misunderstanding of Rickover's nuclear submarine model, to full-scale meltdowns at Windscale, Three Mile Island, Chernobyl, and Fukushima, Mahaffey brings new insight into these catastrophes and reveals where scientists and engineers went wrong.
650		0	_aNuclear accidents _xHistory.
650		0	_aDisasters _xHistory.
650		7	_aDisasters. _2fast _0(OCoLC)fst00894782
650		7	_aNuclear accidents. _2fast _0(OCoLC)fst01039872
655		7	_aHistory. _2fast _0(OCoLC)fst01411628
650		7	_aKernschmelzen. _2gnd _0(DE-588)4163629-6
650		7	_aReaktorunfall. _2gnd _0(DE-588)4195666-7
650		7	_aKerntechnischer Unfall. _2gnd _0(DE-588)4120559-5
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949			_aTK9152 .M284 2014 _wLC _c1 _hEY8Z _i33039001396471
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