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Producing power : the pre-Chernobyl history of the Soviet nuclear industry

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Producing power : the pre-Chernobyl history of the Soviet nuclear industry

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Nuclear industry, Nuclear engineering, Kerntechnische Industrie, Nuclear power plants, INFORMATION SCIENCE/Technology & Policy, ENVIRONMENT/Energy, Soviet Union, SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY & SOCIETY/General, Sowjetunion, Nuclear industry -- Soviet Union -- History -- 20th century, Nuclear engineering -- Soviet Union -- History -- 20th century, Nuclear energy -- Research -- Soviet Union -- History -- 20th century, Nuclear power plants -- Soviet Union -- History -- 20th century, Engineering & Applied Sciences, Mechanical Engineering, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Real Estate -- General, Nuclear Engineering, Nuclear energy -- Research, HISTORY -- Europe -- Russia & the Former Soviet Union
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Cambridge, Massachusetts : The MIT Press
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internetarchivebooks; americana; chernobyl-books; inlibrary; printdisabled
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Internet Archive
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English
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841.0M
1 online resource (xxxi, 362 pages) :

An examination of how the technical choices, social hierarchies, economic structures, and political dynamics shaped the Soviet nuclear industry leading up to Chernobyl

Includes bibliographical references and index

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Introduction -- Envisioning a nuclear-powered state -- Between atomic bombs and power plants: sharing organizational responsibilities -- Training nuclear experts: a workforce for the nuclear industry -- "May the atom be a worker, not a soldier!": A new history of soviet reactor design choices -- Chernobyl: from accident to sarcophagus -- Conclusion -- Epilogue: Writing about Chernobyl after Fukushima
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Mark Graham
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urn:lcp:producingpowerpr0000schm:lcpdf:cab9105f-6bd5-4a52-98a9-b465ac7f008f
urn:lcp:producingpowerpr0000schm:epub:81f1e51f-b295-4dea-a50b-0f63ebb0a2d9
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Isbn
9780262321792
0262321793
9780262321808
0262321807
9780262028271
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2014016710
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