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Reed is an engineer at a uranium-enrichment plant. Despite his father's tragic death at the plant, Reed stays on, proud of his work. As for radioactive incidents he's endured, Reed prefers to think about other things. His casual attitude toward danger infuriates his girlfriend, Julia, a biologist. So when news reports evidence of radioactive pollution at the plant, Reed and Julia face an unprecedented challenge.
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"A thrilling narrative of scientific triumph-and the unimaginable, world-ending peril it brought us. Fearing that the Germans would be the first to weaponize the atom, the United States marshaled brilliant minds and seemingly inexhaustible bodies to find a way to create a nuclear chain reaction with unimaginable explosive power. It would begin with plutonium, the first element ever manufactured by humans. In a matter of months, a city designed to...
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In Plutopia, Kate Brown draws on official records and dozens of interviews to tell the extraordinary stories of Richland, Washington, and Ozersk, Russia-the first two cities in the world to produce plutonium. To contain secrets, American and Soviet leaders created plutopias-communities of nuclear families living in highly subsidized, limited-access atomic cities. Fully employed and medically monitored, the residents of Richland and Ozersk enjoyed...
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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 7 - AR Pts: 21
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English
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"A narrative report by a woman who grew up near the Rocky Flats nuclear weapons facility describes the secrets that dominated her childhood, the strange cancers that afflicted her neighbors, her brief employment at Rocky Flats, and the efforts of residents to achieve legal justice."--
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TP volume 90-21
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U.S. Dept. of Health & Human Services, Public Health Service, Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry
Pub. Date
[1990]
Language
English
8) Pu-239
Publisher
HBO Video
Pub. Date
[2008]
Language
English
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While working at a nuclear power plant, Timofey is exposed to a deadly dose of radiation while trying to avert a plant disaster. Instead of rewarding Timofey for his efforts, the plant treats him as a scapegoat, offering no compensation to him or his family. Desperate to provide security for his wife and son, Timofey steals a small amount of PU-239 - weapons-grade- plutonium - and heads to Moscow to sell it on the black market. Timofey struggles to...
9) Silkwood
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English
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Karen Silkwood becomes contaminated with plutonium at her job, voices her protest at the indifference and denial of her company, and becomes a threat to the entire nuclear industry and the government agencies that monitor it. Based on a true story.
10) Second sunrise
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Lee Nez novels volume 1
Publisher
Forge
Pub. Date
2002
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6.7 - AR Pts: 15
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English
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Series
Raten Amerika monogurafu shirīzu volume 725
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[Los Alamos Scientific Laboratory of the University of California]
Pub. Date
May 10, 1948.
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English
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Series
TID volume 4500 15th ed
Publisher
Los Alamos Scientific Laboratory of the University of California
Pub. Date
1960.
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English
Author
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Raten Amerika monogurafu shirīzu volume 1587
Publisher
Los Alamos Scientific Laboratory of the University of California
Pub. Date
1952.
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English
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TID volume 4500, 15th ed
Publisher
Los Alamos Scientific Laboratory of the University of California
Pub. Date
November 3, 1959.
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English
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TID volume 4500 18th ed
Publisher
Los Alamos Scientific Laboratory of the University of California
Pub. Date
February 19, 1963.
Language
English
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Raten Amerika monogurafu shirīzu volume 441
Publisher
[Los Alamos Scientific Laboratory]
Pub. Date
1946.
Language
English