The Nuclear Industry 1971; WASH 1174-71
Washington, DC: U. S. Government Printing Office, 1971. Presumed First Edition, First printing thus. Wraps. vii, [1], 199, [1] pages. Wraps. Illustrations (map, charts, tables). Cover has slight wear and soiling. Format is approximately 7.75 inches by 10.25 inches. The nuclear industry continued to grow in 1971, a year which reflected an increasing level of orders for nuclear power plants. There also was increasing evidence that the industry was reaching maturity, especially in the use of light water reactor technology. The United States Atomic Energy Commission, commonly known as the AEC, was an agency of the United States government established after World War II by U.S. Congress to foster and control the peacetime development of atomic science and technology. President Harry S. Truman signed the McMahon/Atomic Energy Act on August 1, 1946, transferring the control of atomic energy from military to civilian hands, effective on January 1, 1947. This shift gave the members of the AEC complete control of the plants, laboratories, equipment, and personnel assembled during the war to produce the atomic bomb. Congress declared that atomic energy should be employed not only in the form of nuclear weapons for the nation's defense, but also to promote world peace, improve the public welfare and strengthen private enterprise. The McMahon Act also gave AEC unprecedented powers of regulation over the nuclear science and technology. It prevented technology transfer between the United States and other countries. Condition: Very good.
Keywords: Nuclear Energy, Nuclear Industry, Nuclear Reactors, Power Plants, Radiation Detection, Reactor Fuel, Reprocessing, Exports, Uranium, Thorium, Feed Materials, UF6, Uranium Enrichment, Plutonium, Zirconium, Heavy Water, Beryllium, Boron-10, Controlled
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