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Author:

Schmid, Sonja D., 1970-

Title:

Producing power : the pre-Chernobyl history of the Soviet nuclear industry / Sonja D. Schmid.

Publisher:

The MIT Press,

Copyright Date:

2015

Description:

xxxi, 362 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.

Subject:

Nuclear engineering--History--History--20th century.
Nuclear industry--History--History--20th century.
Nuclear power plants--History--History--20th century.
Nuclear energy--History--Soviet Union--History--20th century.
History.
Nuclear energy--Research.
Nuclear engineering.
Nuclear industry.
Nuclear power plants.
Soviet Union.
Kerntechnische Industrie.
Sowjetunion.
1900 - 1999

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents:

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.

Series:

Inside technology series

ISBN:

0262028271 (hardcover : alk. paper)
9780262028271 (hardcover : alk. paper)

OCLC:

(OCoLC)878501563

LCCN:

2014016710

Locations:

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)