Permissible Dose
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Permissible Dose

J. Samuel Walker

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Permissible Dose

J. Samuel Walker

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About This Book

How much radiation is too much? J. Samuel Walker examines the evolution, over more than a hundred years, of radiation protection standards and efforts to ensure radiation safety for nuclear workers and for the general public. The risks of radiation—caused by fallout from nuclear bomb testing, exposure from medical or manufacturing procedures, effluents from nuclear power, or radioactivity from other sources—have aroused 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.

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Publisher
University of California Press
Year
2000
ISBN
9780520924840
Edition
1
Topic
Biological Sciences
Subtopic
Environmental Conservation & Protection
Index
Biological Sciences

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Title
  3. Copyright
  4. Contents
  5. List of Figures
  6. Preface
  7. 1. The Discovery of Radiation and Its Hazards
  8. 2. The Debate over Nuclear Power and Radiation
  9. 3. The Role of Federal Agencies in Radiation Protection
  10. 4. New Controversies, New Standards
  11. 5. The Ambiguities of Radiation Effects
  12. Essay on Sources
  13. Index
Citation styles for Permissible Dose

APA 6 Citation

Walker, S. (2000). Permissible Dose (1st ed.). University of California Press. Retrieved from https://www.perlego.com/book/551837/permissible-dose-pdf (Original work published 2000)

Chicago Citation

Walker, Samuel. (2000) 2000. Permissible Dose. 1st ed. University of California Press. https://www.perlego.com/book/551837/permissible-dose-pdf.

Harvard Citation

Walker, S. (2000) Permissible Dose. 1st edn. University of California Press. Available at: https://www.perlego.com/book/551837/permissible-dose-pdf (Accessed: 14 October 2022).

MLA 7 Citation

Walker, Samuel. Permissible Dose. 1st ed. University of California Press, 2000. Web. 14 Oct. 2022.