The environmental effects of nuclear war

Book · Sun Jan 01 04:00:00 EST 1984

OSTI ID:5903168

London, J; White, G F

Given the intense concern about nuclear disaster, this collection of papers should receive heavy use by the general reading public. It presents the major problems of the environment that would result from nuclear war, and discusses the role scientists play in providing sufficient information that could lead to an elimination of such a threat. A broad range of topics are covered including the effects of blast, heat, and local radioactive fallout, the probable long-term effects of local and global biosphere, radiological effects on humans, and the likely dispersal patterns of radioactive debris in the troposphere and stratosphere.

• OSTI ID: 5903168
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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29 ENERGY PLANNING, POLICY, AND ECONOMY
290300 -- Energy Planning & Policy-- Environment
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& Safety
290600* -- Energy Planning & Policy-- Nuclear Energy
500300 -- Environment
Atmospheric-- Radioactive Materials Monitoring & Transport-- (-1989)
510300 -- Environment
Terrestrial-- Radioactive Materials Monitoring & Transport-- (-1989)
520300 -- Environment
Aquatic-- Radioactive Materials Monitoring & Transport-- (1989)
54 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES
BIOLOGICAL EFFECTS
BIOLOGICAL RADIATION EFFECTS
BIOSPHERE
EARTH ATMOSPHERE
ENVIRONMENT
ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS
EXPLOSIONS
FALLOUT
FISSION PRODUCTS
HUMAN POPULATIONS
ISOTOPES
MATERIALS
NUCLEAR EXPLOSIONS
NUCLEAR WEAPONS
PERSONNEL
POPULATIONS
PROFESSIONAL PERSONNEL
RADIATION EFFECTS
RADIOACTIVE MATERIALS
SCIENTIFIC PERSONNEL
STRATOSPHERE
TROPOSPHERE
WEAPONS