Title Plutonium and the Rio Grande : environmental change and contamination in the nuclear age / William L. Graf.

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Description	1 online resource (xvi, 329 pages) : illustrations, maps
Physical Medium	polychrome
Description	text file
Bibliography	Includes bibliographical references (pages 303-321) and index.
Summary	The first atomic bombs were constructed a the Los Alamos National Laboratory for the Manhattan project and other weapons programs. Waste plutonium was drained into the Rio Grande. This book studies the movement of the plutonium through the river system, and is illustrated with maps, diagrams and photographs. The analytic methods emplyed will serve as a model for application elsewhere.
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Subject	Los Alamos National Laboratory.
	Los Alamos National Laboratory.
	Los Alamos National Laboratory.
	Plutonium -- Environmental aspects.
	Plutonium -- Environmental aspects.
	Plutonium.
	Radioactive pollution of water -- Rio Grande Watershed (Colo.-Mexico and Tex.)
	Radioactive pollution of water.
	Radioactive pollution of soils -- Rio Grande Watershed (Colo.-Mexico and Tex.)
	Radioactive pollution of soils.
Indexed Term	Rivers Pollution Radioactive materials
	New Mexico
Genre/Form	Electronic books.
Other Form:	Print version: Graf, William L., 1947- Plutonium and the Rio Grande. New York : Oxford University Press, 1994 9780195089332 (DLC) 93040028 (OCoLC)29219275
ISBN	1423765001 (electronic book)
	9781423765004 (electronic book)
	160129980X
	9781601299802
	1280443049
	9781280443046
	0195089332 (acid-free paper)
	9780195089332