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The Grapple and the Guinea Pig    by Warren Karno
Price: $3.95 USD. 36630 words. Published on December 24, 2010. .

. banned for 50 years . Is this a romantic thriller or dangerous adventure? The author’s wit and dry humour make an easy read of what must be one of the major fears of our age. This at last is a factual account of life on a real desert island, definitely not a tourist guide. The story is all the more interesting because someone drops a bomb on it! A nuclear bomb! Not a good idea.
20th Century Nuclear Power Plant Accidents: 1986 Chernobyl Accident and Radioactive Release (Chornobyl Atomic Power Station) USSR, Health Consequences, Cesium, Iodine, Thyroid Cancer, Lessons    by Progressive Management
Price: $7.99 USD. 23570 words. Published on March 13, 2011. .

The 1986 radiation accident at the Chernobyl Atomic Power Station in the Ukraine is fully covered in this authoritative collection of official documents with details about the accident and its aftermath, including the health consequences, the release of radioactive cesium and iodine, thyroid cancer, containment of the destroyed Unit 4 reactor, American reaction and response, and much more.
20th Century Nuclear Power Plant Accidents: Three Mile Island (TMI) Reactor Accident in Pennsylvania - Partial Meltdown, Radiation Releases, Causes, Report of the Presidential Commission on TMI    by Progressive Management
Price: $9.99 USD. 65410 words. Published on March 13, 2011. .

The 1979 nuclear meltdown accident at the Three Mile Island (TMI) plant in Pennsylvania is fully covered in this authoritative collection of official documents with details about the accident and its aftermath, including a full reproduction of the report of the President's Commission on the Accident at TMI and much more.
2011 Essential Guide to Nuclear Power Plants and Nuclear Energy: Reactor Designs, Safety, Emergency Preparedness, Security, Renewals, New Designs, Licensing, American Plants, Decommissioning    by Progressive Management
Price: $9.99 USD. 105610 words. Published on March 13, 2011. .

This authoritative guide provides up-to-date, official information on nuclear power plants and the nuclear energy industry with coverage of reactor designs, safety, security, renewals, new designs, licensing, American plants, decommissioning, soviet plants, fuel cycle, and more.
21st Century FEMA Radiological Emergency Management Independent Study Course (IS-3), Radiation, Radioactivity, Nuclear Power Plant Accidents, Detonation, Biological Effects, Protective Actions    by Progressive Management
Price: $9.99 USD. 29710 words. Published on March 14, 2011. .

This vital Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) independent training course manual from the Emergency Management Institute (EMI) provides authoritative, official information about radiological emergency management, with data on radiation, nuclear power plant accidents, biological effects, exposure control, fundamental concepts, and much more.
2011 Nuclear Power Plant Sourcebook: Mixed Oxide Fuel (MOX), Plutonium Health Effects, Fabrication Facility Documents, Safety Issues, Japanese Accident Crisis Fukushima Reactor Unit 3    by Progressive Management
Price: $9.99 USD. 232710 words. Published on March 14, 2011. .

Mixed oxide fuel (MOX), a nuclear fuel containing uranium and plutonium and used in the Fukushima Daiichi Reactor 3 in Japan, is fully covered in this authoritative collection of official documents with details about the fuel and efforts to construct a MOX fabrication facility in the United States. There is also extensive information about the health effects of plutonium.
2011 Nuclear Power Plant Sourcebook: Cesium-137 Radioisotope, Radiation Health Effects and Toxicological Profile, Medical Treatment with Prussian Blue, Fukushima Accident Radioactive Release    by Progressive Management
Price: $7.99 USD. 104440 words. Published on March 15, 2011. .

Cesium-137, a radioisotope with significant health implications that can be generated by nuclear power plant accidents and meltdowns, is fully covered in this authoritative collection of official documents with details about the health and medical impacts of this dangerous fission product, along with a drug, prussian blue, that can be used to treat people internally contaminated with Cs-137.
Medical Management of Radiological Casualties - Third Edition 2010 - Ionizing Radiation and Radionuclide Emergency Treatment, Acute Radiation Syndrome, Skin Injuries, Decontamination, Delayed Effects    by Progressive Management
Price: $9.99 USD. 15310 words. Published on March 15, 2011. .

This 2010 edition of a classic military handbook produced by the Armed Forces Radiobiology Research Institute at Bethesda, Maryland on the medical effects of ionizing radiation is a vital reference and superb source of official information, with practical emergency information and guidance.
2011 Nuclear Power Plant Sourcebook: Iodine-131 Radioisotope, Radiation Health Effects and Toxicological Profile, Medical Treatment with Potassium Iodide, Fukushima Accident Radioactive Release    by Progressive Management
Price: $7.99 USD. 201020 words. Published on March 15, 2011. .

Iodine-131, a radioisotope with significant health implications that can be generated by nuclear power plant accidents and meltdowns, is fully covered in this authoritative, 600 page collection of official documents with details about the health and medical impacts of this dangerous fission product.
2011 Nuclear Power Plant Sourcebook: Plutonium Radioisotope, Radiation Health Effects and Toxicological Profile, Medical Impact, Fukushima Accident Radioactive Release    by Progressive Management
Price: $7.99 USD. 102490 words. Published on March 15, 2011. .

Plutonium, a radioisotope with significant health implications that can be generated by nuclear power plant accidents and meltdowns, is fully covered in this authoritative, 300 page collection of official documents with details about the health and medical impacts of this dangerous radioactive element.