{"product_id":"supplying-the-nuclear-arsenal-american-production-reactors-1942-1992-paperback","title":"Supplying the Nuclear Arsenal: American Production Reactors, 1942-1992 - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eRodney P. Carlisle\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eJoan M. Zenzen\u003c\/b\u003e (With)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOriginally published in 1996. Although the history of commercial-power nuclear reactors is well known, the story of the government reactors that produce weapons-grade plutonium and tritium has been shrouded in secrecy. In the first detailed look at the origin and development of these production reactors, Rodney Carlisle and Joan Zenzen describe a fifty-year government effort no less complex, expensive, and technologically demanding than the Polaris or Apollo programs--yet one about which most Americans know virtually nothing.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCarlisle and Zenzen describe the evolution of the early reactors, the atomic weapons establishment that surrounded them, and the sometimes bitter struggles between business and political constituencies for their share of nuclear pork. They show how, since the 1980s, aging production reactors have increased the risk of radioactive contamination of the atmosphere and water table. And they describe how the Department of Energy mounted a massive effort to find the right design for a new generation of reactors, only to abandon that effort with the end of the Cold War. Today, all American production reactors remain closed.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDue to short half-life, the nation's supply of tritium, crucial to modern weapons, is rapidly dwindling. As countries like Iraq and North Korea threaten to join the nuclear club, the authors contend, the United States needs to revitalize tritium production capacity in order to maintain a viable nuclear deterrent. Meanwhile, as slowly decaying artifacts of the Cold War, the closed production reactors at Hanford, Washington, and Savannah River, South Carolina, loom ominously over the landscape.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e-- \"SciTech Book News\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eRodney P. Carlisle \u003c\/b\u003eRodney Carlisle is a professor emeritus of history at Rutgers University. He was a founding member of History Associates. He is also the author of \u003ci\u003eWhere the Fleet Begins: A History of the David Taylor Research Center, 1899-1987\u003c\/i\u003e and the editor of \u003ci\u003eEncyclopedia of the Atomic Age\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003cb\u003eJoan M. Zenzen \u003c\/b\u003eis a staff historian at History Associates, Inc.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 298\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.67 x 9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e February 01, 2020\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46247168278725,"sku":"9781421435909","price":92.27,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0757\/6718\/5605\/files\/4hLFJkYbGH9781421435909.webp?v=1779242494","url":"https:\/\/selloorium.com\/products\/supplying-the-nuclear-arsenal-american-production-reactors-1942-1992-paperback","provider":"Selloorium","version":"1.0","type":"link"}