environmental change and contamination in the nuclear age /
First Statement of Responsibility
William L. Graf.
.PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC
Place of Publication, Distribution, etc.
New York :
Name of Publisher, Distributor, etc.
Oxford University Press,
Date of Publication, Distribution, etc.
1994.
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
Specific Material Designation and Extent of Item
1 online resource (xvi, 329 pages) :
Other Physical Details
illustrations, maps
INTERNAL BIBLIOGRAPHIES/INDEXES NOTE
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 303-321) and index.
CONTENTS NOTE
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1. Introduction and Related Research; 2. Plutonium and Los Alamos; 3. The Northern Rio Grande Basin; 4. Fluvial Sediment, Forms, and Processes; 5. Engineering Works; 6. Reparian Vegetation; 7. Plutonium in the Rio Grande System; 8. Annual Plutonium Budget for the Rio Grande; 9. Sediment and Plutonium Storage Upstream from Cochiti; 10. Sediment and Plutonium Storage Downstream from Cochiti; 11. Simulation of Sediment and Plutonium Dynamics; 12. General Lessons and Conclusions; Appendixes; Notes; References; Index
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SUMMARY OR ABSTRACT
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The first atomic bombs were constructed a the Los Alamos National Laboratory for the Manhattan project and other weapons programs. Waste plutonium was drained into the Rio Grande. This book studies the movement of the plutonium through the river system, and is illustrated with maps, diagrams and photographs. The analytic methods emplyed will serve as a model for application elsewhere.
OTHER EDITION IN ANOTHER MEDIUM
Title
Plutonium and the Rio Grande.
International Standard Book Number
9780195089332
CORPORATE BODY NAME USED AS SUBJECT
Los Alamos National Laboratory.
Los Alamos National Laboratory.
TOPICAL NAME USED AS SUBJECT
Plutonium-- Environmental aspects.
Radioactive pollution of soils-- Rio Grande Watershed (Colo.-Mexico and Tex.)
Radioactive pollution of water-- Rio Grande Watershed (Colo.-Mexico and Tex.)
Kerntechnische Anlage
Plutonium-- Environmental aspects.
Plutoniumbelastung
Radioactive pollution of soils.
Radioactive pollution of water.
TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING-- Environmental-- Water Supply.