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Author Schmid, Sonja D., 1970- author.

Title Producing power : the pre-Chernobyl history of the Soviet nuclear industry / Sonja D. Schmid.

Publication Info. Cambridge, Massachusetts : The MIT Press, [2015]
©2015

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Description 1 online resource (xxxi, 362 pages) : illustrations.
Physical Medium polychrome
Description text file
Series Inside technology series
Inside technology.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents 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.
Summary An examination of how the technical choices, social hierarchies, economic structures, and political dynamics shaped the Soviet nuclear industry leading up to Chernobyl.
Local Note eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America
Subject Nuclear engineering -- Soviet Union -- History -- 20th century.
Nuclear engineering.
Soviet Union.
History.
Chronological Term 20th century
Subject Nuclear industry -- Soviet Union -- History -- 20th century.
Nuclear industry.
Nuclear power plants -- Soviet Union -- History -- 20th century.
Nuclear power plants.
Nuclear energy -- Research -- Soviet Union -- History -- 20th century.
Nuclear energy -- Research.
Chronological Term 1900-1999
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Electronic books.
History.
Other Form: Print version: Schmid, Sonja D., 1970- Producing power. Cambridge, Massachusetts : The MIT Press, [2015] 9780262028271 (DLC) 2014016710 (OCoLC)878501563
ISBN 9780262321792 electronic book
0262321793 electronic book
9780262321808 electronic book
0262321807 electronic book
9780262028271
0262028271