Published 1982
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Book
Maralinga: British A-bomb Australian legacy
Creators
Description
During the 1950s a series of nuclear weapons tests was conducted at Maralinga, South Australia. Events at the time of the tests and during the subsequent clean up are described. Effects of exposure to radiation on Aborigines and military personnel are considered. A section on the biological effects of ionizing radiations is also included
Additional details
Publishing Information
- Publisher
- Fontana.
- Imprint Place
- Melbourne, Australia
- ISBN
- 0 00 636391 1
- Imprint Pagination
- 272 p.
INIS
- Country of Publication
- Australia
- Country of Input or Organization
- Australia
- INIS RN
- 13702555
- Subject category
- S63: RADIATION, THERMAL, AND OTHER ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANT EFFECTS ON LIVING ORGANISMS AND BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS; S42: ENGINEERING; S61: RADIATION PROTECTION AND DOSIMETRY;
- Descriptors DEI
- ATMOSPHERIC EXPLOSIONS; BUFFALO PROJECT; CONTAMINATION; DECONTAMINATION; DELAYED RADIATION EFFECTS; ENVIRONMENT; FALLOUT; IODINE 131; LIABILITIES; NEOPLASMS; NUCLEAR EXPLOSIONS; PROLIFERATION; PUBLIC OPINION; RADIATION HAZARDS; RADIOACTIVE CLOUDS; RADIOACTIVITY; SOUTH AUSTRALIA; WORKMENS COMPENSATION
- Descriptors DEC
- AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; BETA DECAY RADIOISOTOPES; BETA-MINUS DECAY RADIOISOTOPES; BIOLOGICAL EFFECTS; BIOLOGICAL RADIATION EFFECTS; CLEANING; CLOUDS; DAYS LIVING RADIOISOTOPES; DISEASES; EXPLOSIONS; HAZARDS; HEALTH HAZARDS; INTERMEDIATE MASS NUCLEI; IODINE ISOTOPES; ISOTOPES; NUCLEI; ODD-EVEN NUCLEI; RADIATION EFFECTS; RADIOISOTOPES