Producing power : the pre-Chernobyl history of the Soviet nuclear industry / Sonja D. Schmid.
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TextSeries: Inside technologyPublisher: Cambridge, Massachusetts : The MIT Press, [2015]Copyright date: ©2015Description: 1 online resource (xxxi, 362 pages) : illustrationsContent type: - text
- computer
- online resource
- 9780262321792
- 0262321793
- 9780262321808
- 0262321807
- Nuclear engineering -- Soviet Union -- History -- 20th century
- Nuclear industry -- Soviet Union -- History -- 20th century
- Nuclear power plants -- Soviet Union -- History -- 20th century
- Nuclear energy -- Research -- Soviet Union -- History -- 20th century
- Mechanical Engineering
- Engineering & Applied Sciences
- Nuclear Engineering
- Génie nucléaire -- URSS -- Histoire -- 20e siècle
- Industrie nucléaire -- URSS -- Histoire -- 20e siècle
- Énergie nucléaire -- Recherche -- URSS -- Histoire -- 20e siècle
- BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Real Estate -- General
- HISTORY -- Europe -- Russia & the Former Soviet Union
- Nuclear energy -- Research
- Nuclear engineering
- Nuclear industry
- Nuclear power plants
- Soviet Union
- Kerntechnische Industrie
- Sowjetunion
- 1900-1999
- SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY & SOCIETY/General
- INFORMATION SCIENCE/Technology & Policy
- ENVIRONMENT/Energy
- 333.792/4094709045 23
- TK9085 .S36 2015eb
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
Print version record.
Introduction -- Envisioning a nuclear-powered state -- Between atomic bombs and power plants: sharing organizational responsibilities -- Training nuclear experts: a workforce for the nuclear industry -- "May the atom be a worker, not a soldier!": A new history of soviet reactor design choices -- Chernobyl: from accident to sarcophagus -- Conclusion -- Epilogue: Writing about Chernobyl after Fukushima.
An examination of how the technical choices, social hierarchies, economic structures, and political dynamics shaped the Soviet nuclear industry leading up to Chernobyl.
English.
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