Permissible dose : a history of radiation protection in the twentieth century /

How much radiation is too much? This text examines the evolution, over 100 years, of radiation protection standards and efforts to ensure radiation safety for nuclear workers and the general public.

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Tác giả chính: Walker, J. Samuel
Định dạng: Licensed eBooks
Ngôn ngữ:Tiếng Anh
Được phát hành: Berkeley : University of California Press 2000.
Truy cập trực tuyến:https://www.jstor.org/stable/10.1525/j.ctt1pprpn
Mục lục:
  • The discovery of radiation and its hazards
  • The debate over nuclear power and radiation
  • The role of federal agencies in radiation protection
  • New controversies, new standards
  • The ambiguities of radiation effects.