Book Details

Title:

The Dragon's Tail: Radiation safety in the Manhattan Project, 1942-1946


Author:Hacker, Barton C
Place:Berkeley, Los Angels, London
Publisher:University of California Press
Year:1987

Reference:

Hacker, Barton C. The Dragon's Tail: Radiation safety in the Manhattan Project, 1942-1946 . Berkeley, Los Angels, London, University of California Press, 1987.


Categories:

History and Social Sciences, Medical Sciences

Languages:

English

Description:

A document concerning radiation safety practices in the nuclear test program. In Chapter 5 From Japan to Bikini, Hacker describes American troop’s survey in Japan which started one month after the atomic bombing.