The Atomic Energy Commission under Nixon - Adjusting to Troubled Times (Hardcover, New)

In this revealing book Nobel Laureate Glenn T. Seaborg tells what it was like to be chairman of the Atomic Energy Commission during the Nixon presidency. He draws extensively from his meticulously kept diary, enabling the reader to be a fly on the wall during meetings with Nixon, Henry Kissinger, and other key policy makers. During the Nixon period, the debate over how to deal with the Soviets on nuclear issues and arms control remained central. On the domestic scene efforts to promote and regulate the growth of a nuclear power industry were complicated by a rising tide of environmental protest. Dr. Seaborg describes how the Atomic Energy Commission, shorn of much of the political immunity of its early years, sought to maintain its programmes and ultimately its very existence, while besieged by competing pressures from the White House, other government agencies, anti-nuclear activists, industry, state governments, and Congress.

General

Imprint:	Palgrave Macmillan
Country of origin:	United States
Release date:	February 2002
First published:	1993
Authors:	G. Seaborg • B. Loeb
Dimensions:	216 x 140 x 25mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	268
Edition:	New
ISBN-13:	978-0-312-07899-7
Categories:	Books > Language & Literature > Biography & autobiography > General Books > Earth & environment > The environment > Management of land & natural resources Books > Social sciences > Politics & government > Central government > General Books > Business & Economics > Industry & industrial studies > Energy industries & utilities > Nuclear power industries Books > Biography > General Promotions
LSN:	0-312-07899-4
Barcode:	9780312078997

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