A vital legacy: Biological and environmental research in the atomic age

Technical Report · Mon Sep 01 00:00:00 EDT 1997

DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/305940· OSTI ID:305940

Vaughan, D ^[1]

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This booklet presents a summary of the five decades of biological and environmental research in the atomic age. It commemorates the contributions to science and society during these decades and concludes with a view to the years ahead. The Contents includes `Safety First: in the Shadow of a New Technology; A Healthy Citizenry: Gifts of the New Era; and Environmental Concerns: From Meteorology to Ecology`. The conclusion is titled `An Enduring Mandate: Looking to the Future`.

• Research Organization: Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL), Berkeley, CA (United States)
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE Office of Energy Research, Washington, DC (United States)
• DOE Contract Number: AC03-76SF00098
• OSTI ID: 305940
• Report Number(s): PUB-800; ON: DE99001730
• Resource Relation: Other Information: PBD: Sep 1997
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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55 BIOLOGY AND MEDICINE
BASIC STUDIES
56 BIOLOGY AND MEDICINE
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54 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES
HUMAN POPULATIONS
PUBLIC HEALTH
RADIATION PROTECTION
ENVIRONMENTAL EFFECTS
CLIMATIC CHANGE
BIOLOGICAL RADIATION EFFECTS
ECOSYSTEMS
RADIOISOTOPES
NUCLEAR MEDICINE
RADIOLOGY
WEATHER
SEAS
WATER CURRENTS
NUCLEAR ENERGY
GENETIC RADIATION EFFECTS
ANIMALS