The Nuclear Weapons Complex: Management for Health, Safety and the Environment

Committee to Provide Interim Oversight of the DOE Nuclear Weapons Complex,National Research Council,National Academy of Sciences

The Nuclear Weapons Complex: Management for Health, Safety and the Environment
Format
Paperback
Publisher
National Academies Press
Country
United States
Published
15 January 1989
Pages
156
ISBN
9780309041799

The Nuclear Weapons Complex: Management for Health, Safety and the Environment

Committee to Provide Interim Oversight of the DOE Nuclear Weapons Complex,National Research Council,National Academy of Sciences

In this volume, the National Research Council examines problems arising throughout government-owned, contractor-operated facilities in the United States engaged in activities to build nuclear weapons. The book draws conclusions about and makes recommendations for the health and safety of the nuclear weapons complex and addresses pressing environmental concerns. In addition, the book examines the future of the complex and offers suggestions for its modernization. Several explanatory appendixes provide useful background information on the functioning of the complex, criticality safety, plutonium chemistry, and weapons physics.

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