Major Activities in the Atomic Energy Programs, July - December 1955
Washington, DC: GPO, 1956. 200, wraps, illus., figures, tables, appendices, entire document somewhat wrinkled, covers wrinkled and stained. Staple holes in front cover, small sticker on front cover. The outstanding event of 1955 in connection with atomic energy development was the International Conference on the Peaceful Uses of Atomic Energy, held in Geneva, Switzerland, from 8 to 20 August. Among the many other topics covered in this report are raw materials, production, military application, reactor development, physical research (including Project Sherwood--controlled thermonuclear research), biology and medicine (including long-term effects of radioactive fallout from nuclear weapons), international affairs, and civilian application. Condition: fair.
Keywords: Atomic Energy, Nuclear Reactors, Fallout, Radiation, Physics, Project Sherwood
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