Producing power
Subtitle: the pre-Chernobyl history of the Soviet nuclear industry
By: Sonja D. Schmid
Series: Inside technology series; Inside technology
Publisher: The MIT Press
Published: 2015
Language: eng
Number of pages: 362
ISBN-13: 9780262321792; 9780262321808; 9780262028271
Copyright date: 2015
Subjects: History; Mechanical Engineering; Nuclear engineering; Russia & the Former Soviet Union; Nuclear Engineering; Kerntechnische Industrie; Engineering & Applied Sciences; General; Nuclear energy; Real Estate; Nuclear industry; Research; Nuclear power plants; BUSINESS & ECONOMICS; HISTORY
Description: An examination of how the technical choices, social hierarchies, economic structures, and political dynamics shaped the Soviet nuclear industry leading up to Chernobyl.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.

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Table of contents: title: Introduction; title: Envisioning a nuclear-powered state; title: Between atomic bombs and power plants: sharing organizational responsibilities; title: Training nuclear experts: a workforce for the nuclear industry; title: "May the atom be a worker, not a soldier!": A new history of soviet reactor design choices; title: Chernobyl: from accident to sarcophagus; title: Conclusion; title: Epilogue: Writing about Chernobyl after Fukushima.