Low Dose Radiation
Subtitle: The History of the U.S. Department of Energy Research Program
Publisher: Washington State Univ Pr
Published: Apr 15, 2018
Language: eng
Format: paperback
Number of pages: 316
ISBN-13: 9780874223545
Description: Antone Brooks grew up close enough to Nevada Test Site nuclear detonations to see the sky light up, feel the shockwaves, and be exposed to radioactive fallout. His long scientific career--from early days trekking into the Uinta Mountains to hunt contaminated deer for tissue samples, to thousands of hours devoted to careful microscope work on chromosomal aberrations in animal studies--has been an increasingly sophisticated search for answers to questions these fallout exposures raised. How dangerous were they? Could they produce cancer? How afraid of low dose radiation should people be?
Notes: Source title: Low Dose Radiation: The History of the U.S. Department of Energy Research Program