Maralinga : Australia's nuclear waste cover-up / Alan Parkinson
- Bib ID:
- 3885402
- Format:
- Book
- Author:
- Parkinson, Alan
- Description:
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- Sydney : ABC Books, 2007
- xx, 233 p., [4] p. of plates : col. ill., maps ; 24 cm.
- ISBN:
- 9780733321085
- Summary:
-
In April 2000, a
- Full contents:
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- Machine derived contents note: 1 Contaminat1ng the outback 1
- 2 Early days 10
- 3 Makinga stat 19
- 4 Questions reviews and audits 27
- 5 Getting down to work
- S Starting the cleanup 42
- 7 What's the target? 51
- 8 Scraping th earth 56
- 9 Health physics 66
- 10 Troublesome pits 75
- 11 pits,puts and more pits 81
- 12 A pictoria record 87
- 13 gCheking the glass 94
- 14 The cing of the guard 9s
- 15 The takeover 105
- 16 The dismissal 114
- 17 Ar attem atjce 119
- 18 Advising again 127
- 1 Making glass 131
- 20 Changng requirements 138
- 21 The big bang 146
- 22 No more glass 151
- 23 Cutting the cost 156
- 24 Digg wera w rk 163
- 25 Speaking out 172
- 26 Publications 181
- 27 Politicians 188
- 28 The MARTAC Repo 193
- 29 P 205
- 3 Disposing of nuclrwa ste 214
- 31 of the future? 220
- Appendix 227.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references.
- Subject:
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- Nuclear weapons -- Testing -- Environmental aspects -- South Australia -- Maralinga
- Radioactive pollution of soils -- South Australia -- Maralinga
- Radioactive waste disposal in the ground -- Environmental aspects -- South Australia -- Maralinga
- Environment - Pollution and hazardous substances - Radioactive waste
- Defence - Missile and weapons testing - Nuclear weapons
- Maralinga (Far West SA SH52-12)
- Pollution & threats to the environment (Australia,South Australia)
- Nuclear weapons
- Other authors/contributors:
- Australian Broadcasting Corporation
- Also Titled:
- Maralinga.
- Available From:
- ABC Books, GPO Box 9994, Sydney NSW 2001
- Copyright:
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- Until 2057 [Created/Published Date + 50 Years]
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- Literary Dramatic Musical
- Published status:
- Published
- Publication date:
- 2007
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