Nuclear Wastelands A Global Guide to Nuclear Weapons Production and Its Health and Environmental Effects

About this book

Provides concise histories of the development of nuclear weapons programmes of every declared or de facto nuclear weapons powers, as well as detailed surveys of the environmental effects of this development, both in these countries and in non-nuclear nations involved in nuclear weapons testing and uranium mining.

Contents

A readiness to harm, Arjun Makhijani; methodology, Arjun Makhijani and Howard Hu; the production of nuclear weapons and environmental hazards, Arjun Makhijani and Scott Saleska; health hazards of nuclear weapons production, David Sumner et al; uranium mining and milling for military purposes, Katherine Yih et al; the United States, Arjun Mikhijani et al; Russia and the territories of the former Soviet Union, Albert Donnay et al; the United Kingdom, David Sumner et al; France, Alexandra Brooks and Howard Hu; near-nuclear and de facto nuclear weapons countries, Albert Donnay and Arjun Mikhijani; the global picture - summary and recommendations, Howard Hu and Arjun Makhijani.

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