Federal-State Relationships in the Atomic Energy Field: Hearings Before the Joint Committee on Atomic Energy, Congress of the United States, Eighty-sixth Congress, First SessionU.S. Government Printing Office, 1959 - 504 pages |
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... radioactivity hazard resulting from the explosion , and the fuel cost , since these fuels are very much cheaper than fissile materials . The other factor was the development of a theoretical understand- ing of the phenomenology of ...
... radioactivity hazard resulting from the explosion , and the fuel cost , since these fuels are very much cheaper than fissile materials . The other factor was the development of a theoretical understand- ing of the phenomenology of ...
Page 20
... radioactivity is produced can be prevented from spreading radiocative contamination beyond a very limited re- gion . Nevertheless , some radioactivity will always be present , just as is the case for any application of either nuclear ...
... radioactivity is produced can be prevented from spreading radiocative contamination beyond a very limited re- gion . Nevertheless , some radioactivity will always be present , just as is the case for any application of either nuclear ...
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... radioactivity will not be transported far enough to constitute a hazard . By that I mean in the case of the Rainier explosions , for example , only a few feet . However , in connection with water resources , radioactivity needs to be ...
... radioactivity will not be transported far enough to constitute a hazard . By that I mean in the case of the Rainier explosions , for example , only a few feet . However , in connection with water resources , radioactivity needs to be ...
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... radioactivity was rather closely confined to a region of about 55 feet in radius for that particular explosion . Yet the rock above was broken up to a distance of 400 feet and no solid radioactivity was present in that re- gion . As a ...
... radioactivity was rather closely confined to a region of about 55 feet in radius for that particular explosion . Yet the rock above was broken up to a distance of 400 feet and no solid radioactivity was present in that re- gion . As a ...
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... radioactivity , as happens in many chemicals in exchange columns . As a result , there is a very slow diffusion of radioactivity . The water , even if it is moving through this region , and we would try to arrange it so that no water ...
... radioactivity , as happens in many chemicals in exchange columns . As a result , there is a very slow diffusion of radioactivity . The water , even if it is moving through this region , and we would try to arrange it so that no water ...
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