J. Samuel Walker, the author describes "How much radiation is too much"? Walker, the historian of the United States Nuclear Regulatory Commission, examines the evolution, of radiation protection standards and efforts to ensure radiation safety for nuclear workers and for the general public. The risks of radiation; that caused by fallout from nuclear bomb testing, exposure from medical or manufacturing procedures, effluents from nuclear power, or radioactivity from other sources. Advocates and detractors have noted that his theories and examples have resulted in more sustained controversy and public fear than any other comparable industrial or environmental hazard. Walker clarifies the entire radiation debate, showing that permissible dose levels are a key to the principles and practices that have prevailed in the field of radiation protection since the 1930s, and to their highly charged political and scientific history as well.
List of Figures viii
Preface ix
The Diswcovery of Radiation and Its Hazards 1
The Debate over Nuclear Power and Radiation 29
The Role of Federal Agencies in Radiation Protection 67
New Controversies New Standards 91
The Ambiguities of Radiation Effects 129
Essay on Sources 157
Index 161
Goverenmewnbt officials responsible for nuclear oversight and legislation, professors and instructors in nuclear engineering and scientific study
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