Weapons Technology and Arms Control
New York: Praeger, [1972]. First? Edition. First? Printing. 25 cm, 355, figures, tables, chapter notes, appendices, bibliography, some ink and pencil underlining, primarily in first third of the book. More
New York: Praeger, [1972]. First? Edition. First? Printing. 25 cm, 355, figures, tables, chapter notes, appendices, bibliography, some ink and pencil underlining, primarily in first third of the book. More
New York: Praeger, [1972]. First? Edition. First? Printing. 25 cm, 355, figures, tables, chapter notes, appendices, bibliography, ink date on title page, slight scuffing to boards. More
Washington, DC. U. S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, 1976. Wraps. Includes: illustrations, diagrams. Various paginations (approximately 1 inch of material). Glossary. Figures. Tables. More
number on title page. This was prepared for the U.S. Department of Energy, Office of Nuclear Energy Science and Technology, Under DOE Idaho Operations Office Contract DE-AC07-05ID14517. This report evaluates alternative processes that could be used: Idaho National Laboratory, Space Nuclear Systems and Technologies, 2008. Presumed First Edition, First printing. Staplebound. Various paginations (approximately 90 pages). Acronyms. Illustrations. Figures. Tables. References.Format is approximately 8.5 inches by 11 inches. Ink phone number on title page. This was prepared for the U.S. Department of Energy, Office of Nuclear Energy Science and Technology, Under DOE Idaho Operations Office Contract DE-AC07-05ID14517. This report evaluates alternative processes that could be used to produce Pu-238 fueled General Purpose Heat Sources (GHPS) for radioisotope thermoelectric generators (RTG). Fabricating GPHSs with the current process had remained essentially unchanged since its development in the 1970s. Thirty years of technological advancements have been made in the fields of chemistry, manufacturing, ceramics, and control systems. At the Department of Energy's request, alternate manufacturing methods were compared to current methods to determine if alternative fabrication processes could reduce the hazards, especially the production of respirable fines, while producing an equivalent GPHS product, An expert committed performed the evaluation with input from four national laboratories experienced in Pu-238 handling. More
Boston: Little, Brown and Company, 1948. Book Club Edition. 182, illus., appendix, small tears in DJ, DJ worn along edgesDescription of what an atomic bomb can do to ships, islands, seaports, harbors--and to human beings--by a doctor who observed the Bikini tests. More
Place_Pub: Boston, MA: Little, Brown and Company, 1948. 182, illus., appendix, text slightly darkened, rear DJ foxed, small tears/chips to DJ edges, pcs missing to bottom of front DJ. More
Boston, MA: Little, Brown and Company, 1948. Book Club Edition. 182, illus., appendix, ink note inside front flyleaf, slight discoloration inside boardsDescription of what an atomic bomb can do to ships, islands, seaports, harbors--and to human beings--by a doctor who observed the Bikini tests. More
Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1981. First? Edition. First? Printing. 20 cm, 324, glossary, ink notation on rear endpaper, some underlining and notation to text. More
British Nuclear Fuels Limited, THORP Division. Xerox-type reproduced copy. Staplebound. [1], 15, [1] pages plus two unpaginated pages of graphics. Red ink mark on page 1. This appears to be a product from 1994 or shortly thereafter (reference to 1994 on pages 1 and 8). British Nuclear Fuels Limited (BNFL) was a nuclear energy and fuels company owned by the UK Government. It was a former manufacturer and transporter of nuclear fuel (notably MOX), ran reactors, generated and sold electricity, reprocessed and managed spent fuel (mainly at Sellafield), and decommissioned nuclear plants and other similar facilities. On 1 April 2005, BNFL formed a new holding company and started a rigorous restructuring process which would transfer or sell most of its entire domain. In 2005, it transferred all of its nuclear sites to the Nuclear Decommissioning Authority. It then sold its Westinghouse Electric Company subsidiary in February 2006. Later, BNFL sold the separate companies that made up its major subsidiary, British Nuclear Group, leaving a decommissioning and reprocessing organization which became Sellafield Ltd. By May 2009, BNFL had completed the sales of all its assets and had no remaining operational activities or businesses. More
Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Prentice-Hall, [1966]. 21 cm, 176, wraps, tables, index, some wear and soiling to covers. Essays analyzing the difficulties of controlling nuclear proliferation. More
Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Prentice-Hall, [1966]. 176, tables, index, bookplate, slight wear to boards. Essays analyzing the difficulties of controlling nuclear proliferation. More
Los Alamos, NM: Los Alamos National Laboratory, 2006. Presumed First Edition, First printing thus. Wraps. Quarto, 29 and 3 pages of the covers. Wraps. Color Illustrations. Figures. Tables. Charts. The Laboratory has a proud history and heritage of more than 70 years of science and innovation. The people at the Laboratory work on advanced technologies to provide the best scientific and engineering solutions to the nation's most crucial security challenges. The primary responsibility of the Laboratory is assuring the safety and reliability of the nation's nuclear deterrent. Though the world is rapidly changing, this essential responsibility remains the core mission. The Laboratory was established in 1943 as site Y of the Manhattan Project for a single purpose: to design and build an atomic bomb. It took just 20 months. On July 16, 1945, the world's first atomic bomb was detonated 200 miles south of Los Alamos at Trinity Site on the Alamogordo bombing range. Under the scientific leadership of J. Robert Oppenheimer and the military direction of General Leslie R. Groves, scientists at the Laboratory had successfully weaponized the atom. Hitler was defeated in Europe, but the Japanese Empire continued to wage an aggressive Pacific war. So President Harry S. Truman chose to employ atomic bombs in an effort to end WWII. Little Boy, a uranium gun-type weapon, was used against Hiroshima; Fat Man, an implosion plutonium bomb, was dropped on Nagasaki. An invasion of the Japanese home islands proved unnecessary, thus sparing thousands of American and Japanese lives. More
Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Prentice-Hall, Inc., 1978. First Printing [Stated]. Hardcover. x, [2], 261, [3] pages. Illustrations. Tables. Appendices. DJ torn at front flap. The author argues that nuclear accidents are inevitable in even the most "fail-proof" systems. Documents hazardous nuclear-energy incidents brought about by the shipping of radioactive materials, nuclear-waste disposal, deliberate sabotage, the theft of atomic fuels, and other causes and offers suggestions for surviving in the atomic age. Clyde W. Burleson has written well over a dozen books published by major New York houses and universities. One became a Prentice-Hall international best seller. Others made business book best seller lists across the country and another was developed into a produced TV motion picture. Clyde has also authored optioned stories for made-for-television movies His writing has received a rare two-page review in the New York Times Book Review. He was a founder and managing partner of an advertising agency which grew to be one of the largest in the Southwest. He sold his firm to the Interpublic Group of Companies, then the world’s biggest advertising agency, and became president of their Marschalk division’s Houston office. Burleson has written/directed/produced dozens of TV commercials and received recognition for his advertising concepts. He has appeared on Today, Good Morning America as well as other national and local television and radio programs across the United States. His work has been produced as specials for Showtime, the Discovery Channel and the History Channel. He has earned a Peabody nomination for a produced TV special as well as ADDY and Telly Awards. More
New York: Simon and Schuster, c1994. First Printing. 25 cm, 573, illus., footnotes, appendices, notes, index, some DJ soil/wear, edges soiled, corners bumped, pencil underlining to text. More
New York: Simon and Schuster, c1994. First Printing. 25 cm, 573, illus., footnotes, appendices, notes, index, some soiling to rear DJ, small piece missing at bottom edge of rear DJ. More
New York: The New Press, 2002. First Printing [Stated]. Trade paperback. xx, [2], 263, [3] pages. Notes. Appendix A-D. Index. Illustration. Dr. Caldicott is the founder of Physicians for Social Responsibility. Both the Smithsonian Institute and Ladies' Home Journal named her one of the most influential Women of the 20th Century. She has devoted decades to an international campaign to educate the public about the medical hazards of the nuclear age. More
New York, N.Y. The New Press, 2006. First Printing [Stated]. Hardcover. xvi, 221, [3] pages. Black mark on bottom edge. Includes Acknowledgments, Introduction, Notes, and Index. Chapters include The Energetic Costs of Nuclear Power; Paying for Nuclear Energy; Nuclear Power, Radiation, and Disease; Accidental and Terrorist-Induced Nuclear Meltdowns; Yucca Mountain and the Nuclear Waste Disaster; Generation IV Nuclear Reactors; Nuclear Energy and Nuclear Weapons Proliferation; Nuclear Power and "Rogue Nations"; Renewable Energy: The Answer; and What Individuals Can Do: Energy Conservation and Efficiency. Helen Mary Caldicott (born 7 August 1938) is an Australian physician, author, and anti-nuclear advocate who has founded several associations dedicated to opposing the use of nuclear power, depleted uranium munitions, nuclear weapons, nuclear weapons proliferation, and military action in general. In the late 1970s and early 1980s, Caldicott became a leader in the anti-nuclear movement in the United States through her role in reviving the organization Physicians for Social Responsibility and her role along with Randall Forsberg as one of the leaders of the Nuclear Freeze Movement. She has continued to publicize her concerns, dividing her time between the United States and Australia and pontificating on nuclear energy, weapons and power, notably on the Fukushima nuclear meltdown. As Helen Caldicott expertly shows, the nuclear path is strewn with hazards from mining, milling, transport, and power generation, and leaves unsolved the issues of safety, security, and storage. More
Brookline, MA: Autumn Press, 1979. Third Printing. Trade paperback. 23 cm, 120, [2] pages. Wraps. Map. Footnotes. Bibliography. pencil erasure on first page, covers somewhat worn and soiled. Helen Mary Caldicott (born 7 August 1938) is an Australian physician, author, and anti-nuclear advocate. Caldicott's interest in nuclear issues was sparked when she read the 1957 Nevil Shute?s book On the Beach, a novel about a nuclear holocaust set in Australia. In the 1970s, she gained prominence in Australia, New Zealand and North America, speaking on the health hazards of radiation from the perspective of pediatrics. Her early achievements included convincing Australia to sue France over its atmospheric testing of nuclear weapons in the Pacific in 1971 and 1972, which brought the practice to an end. In 1980, she founded the Women's Action for Nuclear Disarmament (WAND) in the United States, which was later renamed Women's Action for New Directions. It is a group dedicated to reducing or redirecting government spending away from nuclear energy and nuclear weapons towards what the group perceives as unmet social issues. Caldicott stood as an independent candidate for the House of Representatives at the 1990 federal election, contesting the Division of Richmond, against the Leader of the National Party, Charles Blunt. She polled 23.3% of the votes; not enough to win, but her preferences went mostly to the Labor candidate, Neville Newell, electing him and unseating Blunt. In 2002 Caldicott released The New Nuclear Danger, a commentary on the George Bush Military-Industrial Complex. More
New York: Henry Holt and Company, 1947. First? Edition. First? Printing. 22 cm, 297, illus., footnotes, usual library markings, boards somewhat worn and soiled. More
New York: Henry Holt and Company, 1947. First Edition. First Printing. 22 cm, 297, illus., footnotes, DJ spine somewhat faded, small pieces missing and small edge tears/chips to DJ, some wear to DJ edges. More
Ames, IA: Krell Institute (For the Department of Energy National Nuclear Security Administration), 2015. Presumed first edition/first printing thus. Wraps. 24 pages, plus cover. Illustrations (color). The Stewardship Science Graduate Fellowship trains scientists to meet U.S. workforce needs in advanced science and engineering by providing excellent financial benefits and professional development to students pursuing a Ph.D. in fields of study that solve complex science and engineering problems critical to stewardship science. The program offers a yearly stipend, paid tuition and fees, a yearly academic allowance, and the opportunity to complete a 12-week practicum at a NNSA laboratory. This program is expertly administered by the Krell Institute. More
Ames, IA: Krell Institute (For the Department of Energy National Nuclear Security Administration), 2016. Presumed first edition/first printing thus. Wraps. 24 pages, plus cover. Illustrations (color). The Stewardship Science Graduate Fellowship trains scientists to meet U.S. workforce needs in advanced science and engineering by providing excellent financial benefits and professional development to students pursuing a Ph.D. in fields of study that solve complex science and engineering problems critical to stewardship science. The program offers a yearly stipend, paid tuition and fees, a yearly academic allowance, and the opportunity to complete a 12-week practicum at a NNSA laboratory. This program is expertly administered by the Krell Institute. More
Washington, DC: Resources for the Future, Inc., 1987. Presumed first edition/first printing. Hardcover. xii, [1] 473 p. Footnotes. Glossary. Name Index. Subject Index. More
McLean, VA: AMCODA Press, 1998. First Printing [Stated]. Hardcover. xiv, 465, [1] pages. Footnotes. Illustrations. Selected Bibliography. Index. DJ has some wear, soiling, and edge tears. Autographed Copy sticker on front of DJ. Signed by Chandler on title page. This is the third of AMCODA's "Trilogy on Weapons of Mass Destruction and 21st Century Warfare". Col. Robert W. Chandler (USAF, Ret.),was a military strategist, intelligence officer, professor, and author. He left home at the age of 17 and joined the Air Force. He had a passion for military and geopolitical strategy. He obtained his undergraduate degree from the University of Maryland in 1962, Officers Training School in 1963, two Masters Degrees and a Ph.D. in Political Science from George Washington University in 1972. During his 27 year career with the Air Force Col. Chandler worked as a strategist inside the USAF, White House, Departments of State, Energy and Justice, and throughout the Intelligence Community. His dissertation was published in 1981 as the, War of Ideas: The U.S. Propaganda Campaign in Vietnam. The New Face of War was published in 1998 and Shadow World was published in 2008. More
New York: The World Publishing Company, 1969. First Printing. 304, bibliography, small crease in side margin of text, DJ creased: small edge tears/chips. More