Radiation Protection: A Guide for Scientists and Physicians, Third Edition

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THIS EDITION HAS BEEN REPLACED BY A NEWER EDITION

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Radon in Ground Water
National Water Well Assoc.
Manufacturer: CRC
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ASIN: 0873711173

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This new book focuses on sampling and analysis, radon and radium in water supply wells, predictive models, geologic and hydrogeologic controls that influence radon occurrence, monitoring radon and other radioactivity from geologic sources and mining impacts on occurrence of radioactivity in ground water. Also discussed are occurrence, testing, treatment, and reduction of radon from groundwater. Because the most severe health hazard from indoor radioactivity results from inhalation of short-lived radioactive decay products of radon, the EPA scheduled a major conference early in 1987 on Radon, Radium, and Other Radioactivity in Ground Water-Hydrogeologic Impact and Application to Indoor Airborne Contamination. The result is this book.

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Thinking About the Unthinkable

The Four Faces of Nuclear Terrorism
Charles D. Ferguson , William C. Potter , Amy Sands , Leonard S. Spector , and Fred L Wehling
Manufacturer: Routledge
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ASIN: 0415952441

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The Four Faces of Nuclear Terrorism, a new book from the Center for Nonproliferation Studies, assesses the motivations and capabilities of terrorist organizations to acquire and use nuclear weapons, to fabricate and detonate crude nuclear explosives, to strike nuclear power plants and other nuclear facilities, and to build and employ radiological weapons or "dirty bombs." The authors maintain that there is a greater likelihood today than at any time in the past three decades that nuclear weapons will actually be used.
The authors recommend immediate steps to prevent the most catastrophic forms of nuclear terrorism and to reduce the consequences of the most likely nuclear terror attacks including: securing and reducing tactical nuclear weapons in Russia; securing, consolidating, and eliminating highly enriched uranium globally; and providing for secure storage and disposal of radioactive materials used in medicine, scientific research, and industry. The authors also stress the need to educate the public on the real risks of radiation exposure and radioactive contamination to help psychologically immunize citizens against fear of radiological attacks, which they conclude are all but inevitable in the coming years.

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Thinking About the Unthinkable .......2007-02-19

Ferguson and Potter, writing on behalf of the Center for Non Proliferation Studies, have written an easy to read primer on the faces of Nuclear Terrorism. The authors lead the reader through the most likely threats one small step at a time with great patience.

If there is one lesson from the past two decades of post cold war terrorism ( it has been 10 years since Bin Laden declared war) it is that Bin Laden and other terrorists are highly adaptable, patient, resourceful, capable of planning and executing complex operations and rentless.

Perhaps the most worrysome aspect of the current ( spring 07) situation is that they seem too comfortable in Pakistan, a nation with nuclear weapons. Although they have missed on several attempts to kill Pakistan's leader his run of bad luck may end. If the US is unable to invervene we may have a situation far worse than N Korea or Iran in that Pakistan has a sizable inventory of proven nuclear weapons, a nuclear India with whom they have fought for decades and one of the more sophisticated air forces in the region.

They have looked into the future abyss and come back with some much needed information, stripped of the usual agendas and dramatics. Of course the prospect of nuclear terrorism comes with enough drama for any sane person. There are of course no simple answers.

The threats are, as the authors describe only too real. How we deal with them may determine the world which our children and grandchildren inherit, assuming that they survive. Clear thinking about the unthinkable.

As a people we suffer from a narrowed view of the challenges which face us over the next decade. Perhaps it is due to our fixation on the war in Iraq, a mere sideshow of the global conflict and perhaps it is that the reality is simply too much to face. As "The Great Reckoning" anticipated 20 years ago, emerging technologies have shifted the balance of power or terror from the large superpowers to the small stateless groups.

Probably the best general interest book on the subject.

Highly recommended.

Beyond the Nuclear Shadow: a Phased Approached for Improving Nuclear Safety and U.S.-Russian Realtions

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Beyond the Nuclear Shadow: a Phased Approached for Improving Nuclear Safety and U.S.-Russian Realtions
David E. Mosher
Manufacturer: RAND Corporation
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ASIN: 0833033468

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Develops concrete steps as part of a phased approach by which the United States and Russia can improve nuclear safety and U.S.-Russian realtions.

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With Curie's own words, charts, and calculations

Radioactive Substances
Marie Curie
Manufacturer: Dover Publications
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ASIN: 0486425509

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Here is the celebrated scientist's doctoral thesis, the prelude to her receipt of the 1903 Nobel Prize. Curie discusses establishing atomic character of radioactivity from compounds of uranium and thorium; extraction from pitchblende of polonium and radium; isolation of pure radium chloride; determination of atomic weight of radium; and more.

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With Curie's own words, charts, and calculations.......2003-02-08

Marie Curie's Radioactive Substances provides an intriguing description and first hand account of the lab research which led to her discovery of radium - and her eventual death. Curie's own words, charts, and calculations tells of her work with radium and the advance of a scientific wonder.

Radiation Protection: A Guide for Scientists, Regulators and Physicians

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Physicist

Radiation Protection: A Guide for Scientists, Regulators and Physicians
Jacob Shapiro
Manufacturer: Harvard University Press
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ASIN: 0674007409

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This highly successful manual has served for nearly three decades as the definitive guide to the safe use of radioactive materials. Completely revised and updated, the fourth edition presents a new dimension by adding coverage of nonionizing radiation, and is thus concerned with the entire field of radiation protection.

The author takes the novel approach of introducing the whole range of energies possessed by particles and electromagnetic waves at the beginning of the text, thus integrating coverage of ionizing and nonionizing radiation rather than considering them as two separate disciplines. He goes on to cover the entire spectrum of radiation sources, including radionuclides, x-ray machines, accelerators, nuclear reactors, power lines, microwave towers, and cellular phones.

With its expanded coverage, including a broader focus on public health issues, this new volume will serve as an important training and reference resource, not only for research scientists, physicians, and engineers, but for regulatory officials, attorneys, engineers, and environmental health and safety professionals. The breadth of citations alone makes this resource invaluable.

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Physicist.......2007-01-06

I am a Medical Physicist and I found this book to be an excellent review and have recommended it to our Cheif Radiology Resident for the Radioloy Residents for Physics review. This would be an excellent addition to any Health, Medical Physicists resources as well as the mentioned Scientist, Regulators and Physicians of the title.

Preventing Catastrophic Nuclear Terrorism: CSR No. 11, March 2006

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Preventing Catastrophic Nuclear Terrorism: CSR No. 11, March 2006
Charles D. Ferguson
Manufacturer: Council on Foreign Relations Press
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The United States and the international community must do more to prevent terrorists from buying, stealing, or building nuclear weapons. Pakistans highly enriched uranium (HEU) is vulnerable to both external and insider theft by Islamic terrorists and Taliban sympathizers; Russias massive HEU supplies are susceptible to insider theft; a large portion of civilian nuclear material around the world remains in weapons-usable form; and Russias shorter-range tactical nuclear weapons are highly attractive to terrorists because of their smaller size and ease of transport. To address these vulnerabilities, the United States should pursue unilateral initiatives such as a clear declaration of retaliation against regimes aiding nuclear terrorists, multilateral initiatives that include increasing funding to the woefully underfunded International Atomic Energy Agency, and bilateral initiatives and dialogue, particularly with Pakistan and Russia. Implementing these practical steps could significantly reduce the risk of a catastrophic nuclear attack by terrorist groups.

Transport and Storage of Radioactive Materials: Presented at the 1996 Asme Pressure Vessels and Piping Conference, Montreal, Quebec, Canada, July 21-26, 1996 (Pvp (Series), Vol. 334.)

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Transport and Storage of Radioactive Materials: Presented at the 1996 Asme Pressure Vessels and Piping Conference, Montreal, Quebec, Canada, July 21-26, 1996 (Pvp (Series), Vol. 334.)
Quebec) Pressure Vessels and Piping Conference (1996 : Montreal
Manufacturer: American Society of Mechanical Engineers
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ASIN: 0791817814

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Critical Mass
Critical Mass
Boring and predictable
Exciting without doubt
Unusual thriller with international nuclear intrigue - suspenseful, but uneven plot

Critical Mass
Steve Martini
Manufacturer: Putnam Adult
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ASIN: 0399143629

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When a handsome stranger walks into Joss Cole's one-woman law office on a sleepy island in Puget Sound and slaps down a hefty retainer to incorporate a fledgling electronics business, the burned-out ex-public defender has a hunch things aren't exactly as they seem. And when Dean Belden, this strange new client, comes back a few days later with a federal grand jury subpoena he swears he can't explain, she still doesn't tie it into the bizarre illness suffered by her other major clients, a group of commercial fishermen. Then Belden skips out on the feds and dies before her eyes in the fiery explosion of his float plane. Or does he? Within hours there are two attempts on Joss's life--clearly someone thinks she knows more than she's telling. Later, a nuclear fission expert shows up on the island tracking two missing tactical nuclear devices stolen from a Siberian storage facility, and the Geiger counter starts ticking. When Joss's fishermen start dying of what is clearly radioactive poisoning, the outlines of Belden's shadowy past get filled out in a tense thriller as topical as today's headlines. Steve Martini ties it all together with a fast-paced, well-plotted story of homegrown militia groups set up by America's enemies. He tosses in a hint of romance--just enough to show off Joss's vulnerable side without slowing down the action. Martini fans will swallow this one whole, while those who haven't discovered him yet can catch up with his several other thrillers on the paperback backlist, including Compelling Evidence, Prime Witness, and The Judge. --Jane Adams

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Steve Martini weaves a story based on today's fears and tomorrow's headlines-riveting in its realism, genuine in its characters. Jocelyn "Joss" Cole, a burned-out public defender from L.A., has opted for a quieter life in the San Juan Islands of Washington State. Joss has no significant clients other than a group of commercial fisherman suffering from a strange and serious illness, a condition that doctors cannot diagnose, and which Joss believes has an industrial cause. Then into her office comes Dean Belden, a well-heeled client in search of a lawyer to help him set up a business in the islands. Within days Belden is subpoenaed to appear before a federal grand jury. Less than an hour after testifying, and before Joss can discover what happened in the secrecy of the grand jury room, Belden dies in a fiery explosion of his float plane on Seattle's Lake Union. Gideon Van Ry is a nuclear fission expert and a scholar in residence at the Center for Nonproliferation Studies in Monterey, California. One of his duties is to update the Center's database, an extensive catalog listing fissionable materials and weapons of mass destruction. Gideon is troubled by the apparent failure to account for two small tactical nuclear devices missing from a storage facility in the former Soviet Union.The two weapons were last seen in packing crates, to be shipped to an American company called Belden Electronics. Gideon has been unable to locate this firm, and now he is left with only one possible lead, the lawyer who incorporated the company-Jocelyn Cole. Fraught with tension and suspense, Critical Mass is Steve Martini at his electrifying best. It is the story of what can happen in a world where private hate and public apathy combine to uncork the sleeping but deadly genie of nuclear terror.

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Critical Mass.......2006-10-31

This author has appeared in these pages before, as one of a small handful who brings far more to the legal thriller than simply an ingenious plot. He's an author, not a genre author, and I'm a fan.

Let's drop back in time a few years and a few novels to his second, CRITICAL MASS. Even then, he had the gift of observation, strong character creation skills, an ear for natural dialogue and excellent word choice. Meanwhile, the plot centers around uranium stolen from the former Soviet Union. Hmm.

Normally I'd give up after two sentences, or perhaps even read the back cover and put it back on the bookstore shelf unread, because it's just impossible to pull this reader into that subject matter. But since this is Steve Martini we're talking about, I read a full 10% before I gave up. Gerd Balke pulled me into this subject matter with SKULL DANCE, and Todd Stone has pulled me into his military thrillers as well. But basically, you can't win me by writing about this, not even if you're Steve Martini.

Meanwhile, I still look forward to reading the other Steve Martini novel on my shelf and then buying more at the local bookstores. I'm still a fan. I just didn't read CRITICAL MASS.

Critical Mass.......2006-09-05

This book is a real page turner. Some of the outcomes are a real surprise. I usually struggle with this type of book (Political, Terrorism). The book hooks you from the very beginning and keeps your attention the whole way through.

Boring and predictable.......2006-06-25

I was very disappointed in this book, especially as all the reviews were so great, and surprised to find myself rather bored with it. My first Martini book was Double Tap, which I was very impressed with. Reading this book was almost like it was written by another author. I found the characters flat, none of whom I cared about except the Dutchman, and the plot seemed well put together, but somehow predictable.

Exciting without doubt.......2006-06-02

I am not a novel reader by nature, but someone gave me this book and along with some other S Martini books, found it riveting until I finished the book, then I was disappointed that I finished the book. Now what I thought, it was so good, I didn't want it to end! good thing is, I still have lots of Steve's books to read...

Unusual thriller with international nuclear intrigue - suspenseful, but uneven plot.......2005-10-20

We've read most of Martini's booklist, and frankly were somewhat surprised at the pure thriller aspect of this novel. While one expects a fair degree of "lawyering" in his (defense attorney) Paul Madriani series, Martini's non-series novels (like this one) still usually showcase a lawyer or two as the leading players. And while one observes that the leading lady in "Critical Mass", Jocelyn Cole, is indeed a one-woman law office, that role is almost incidental to the suspenseful plot that follows about two missing Russian nuclear devices. In an almost Clancy-like early part of the book, we're treated to alternating scenes of the devices out on the ocean, to a new mystery client visiting Cole, to a surprise explosion of a small plane with its pilot aboard. From there we're soon engrossed in a tale to identify the whereabouts of the bombs, complete with high-level political machinations to keep everything quiet under direct orders of the President himself (not so unlikely anymore!). The storyline proceeds to threaten the life of our leading lady and a new sidekick, Gideon van Ry, from a nuclear tracking institute; and before it's all over, a number of surprises conspire to amuse and entertain!

We might give this enjoyable book higher marks if were just a tad more plausible. While the basic premise of the old Soviet Union losing track or selling some of its old nuclear stuff is not that far-fetched, most of the action that follows, from the stealthy Navy Seal attack, to the multiple brushes with death that befall our heros, to the closing scenes near the Smithsonian are mostly pretty tough to swallow. While we agree with Martini's fan club that "Mass" is a worthwhile outing, we'd prefer he stick to legal topics he knows just a little more about - and leave the military skullduggery to Clancy et al!

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Radioactive Elements
Tom Jackson
Manufacturer: Benchmark Books (NY)
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