Elements of Controversy: The Atomic Energy Commission And Radiation Safety In Nuclear Weapons Testing 1947-1974 (Record no. 220767)
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| 020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER | |
| International Standard Book Number | 0520083237 |
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| Transcribing agency | AL |
| 082 ## - DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER | |
| Edition number | 23 |
| Classification number | 355.8 |
| Item number | HACE |
| 100 ## - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME | |
| Personal name | Barton C Hacker |
| 9 (RLIN) | 10828 |
| 245 ## - TITLE STATEMENT | |
| Title | Elements of Controversy: The Atomic Energy Commission And Radiation Safety In Nuclear Weapons Testing 1947-1974 |
| 260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. | |
| Place of publication, distribution, etc. | Berkeley |
| Name of publisher, distributor, etc. | University of California Press |
| Date of publication, distribution, etc. | 1994 |
| 300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION | |
| Extent | xxiv,614 p. |
| Other physical details | HB |
| Dimensions | 23x16 cm. |
| 520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC. | |
| Summary, etc. | Unforgettable congressional hearings in 1978 revealed that fallout from American nuclear weapons testing in the 1950s had overexposed hundreds of soldiers and other citizens to radiation. Faith in governmental integrity was shaken, and many people have assumed that such overexposure caused great damage.<br/>Yet important questions remain--the most controversial being: did the radiation overexposure in fact cause the cancers and birth defects for which it has been blamed?<br/>Elements of Controversy is the result of a decade of exhaustive research in AEC documentary records and the full clinical and epidemiological literature on radiation effects. More concerned with uncovering the historical story than with assigning blame, Barton Hacker concludes that every precaution was taken by the AEC to avoid harming test participants or bystanders. And, he points out, the biomedical literature suggests that these precautions worked.<br/>Yet top officials in Washington--for whom the success of nuclear weapons was of overriding importance--had asserted that testing involved no risks at all. Discrepancies between unverifiable government claims and the revelations that some actual risk was present explain the origins and angry persistence of the controversies, Hacker argues.<br/>The Department of Energy delayed publication of Hacker's study for five years, and while his controversial book is sure to draw objections from both sides of the radiation-hazard debates, it will provide a much-needed guide to understanding their polemics. Unforgettable congressional hearings in 1978 revealed that fallout from American nuclear weapons testing in the 1950s had overexposed hundreds of soldiers and other citizens to radiation. Faith in governmental integrity was shaken, and many people have assumed that such overexposure caused great damage.<br/>Yet important questions remain--the most controversial being: did the radiation overexposure in fact cause the cancers and birth defects for which it has been blamed?<br/>Elements of Controversy is the result of a decade of exhaustive research in AEC documentary records and the full clinical and epidemiological literature on radiation effects. More concerned with uncovering the historical story than with assigning blame, Barton Hacker concludes that every precaution was taken by the AEC to avoid harming test participants or bystanders. And, he points out, the biomedical literature suggests that these precautions worked.<br/>Yet top officials in Washington--for whom the success of nuclear weapons was of overriding importance--had asserted that testing involved no risks at all. Discrepancies between unverifiable government claims and the revelations that some actual risk was present explain the origins and angry persistence of the controversies, Hacker argues.<br/>The Department of Energy delayed publication of Hacker's study for five years, and while his controversial book is sure to draw objections from both sides of the radiation-hazard debates, it will provide a much-needed guide to understanding their polemics. |
| 650 ## - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical term or geographic name entry element | Military Science |
| 9 (RLIN) | 10829 |
| 650 ## - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical term or geographic name entry element | Nuclear Weapons |
| 9 (RLIN) | 10830 |
| 650 ## - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical term or geographic name entry element | U S Atomic Energy Commission |
| 9 (RLIN) | 10831 |
| 700 ## - ADDED ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME | |
| Personal name | HACKER (Barton C) |
| 9 (RLIN) | 10832 |
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| Source of classification or shelving scheme | Dewey Decimal Classification |
| Koha item type | George Fernandes Collections |
| Withdrawn status | Lost status | Source of classification or shelving scheme | Damaged status | Not for loan | Collection code | Home library | Current library | Date acquired | Total Checkouts | Full call number | Barcode | Date last seen | Price effective from | Koha item type |
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| Dewey Decimal Classification | Others | St Aloysius Library | St Aloysius Library | 03/24/2013 | 355.8 HACE | GF03653 | 11/24/2021 | 11/24/2021 | George Fernandes Collections |
