Supplying the Nuclear Arsenal: American Production Reactors, 1942-1992

by Rodney P. Carlisle

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Originally published in 1996. Although the history of commercial-power nuclear reactors is well known, the story of the government reactors that produce weapons-grade plutonium and tritium has been shrouded in secrecy. Supplying the Nuclear Arsenal looks at the origin and development of these production reactors, Rodney Carlisle and Joan Zenzen describe a fifty-year government effort no less complex, expensive, and technologically demanding...

Format:Paperback

Language:English

ISBN:142143590X

ISBN13:9781421435909

Release Date:February 2020

Publisher:Johns Hopkins University Press

Length:298 Pages

Weight:0.97 lbs.

Dimensions:0.7" x 6.0" x 9.0"

Grade Range:Postsecondary and higher

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History Science Science & Math Science & Scientists Science & Technology

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