The Leak

Released on by Robert P. Crease
preview-18

  • The Leak Book Detail

  • Author : Robert P. Crease
  • Release Date : 2022-10-25
  • Publisher : MIT Press
  • Genre : Science
  • Pages : 315
  • ISBN 13 : 0262047187
  • File Size : 16,16 MB
DOWNLOAD BOOK

The Leak by Robert P. Crease PDF Summary

Book Description: How the discovery of a harmless leak of radiation sparked a media firestorm, political grandstanding, and fearmongering that closed a vital scientific facility. In 1997, scientists at Brookhaven National Laboratory found a small leak of radioactive water near their research reactor. Brookhaven was—and is—a world-class, Nobel Prize–winning lab, and its reactor was the cornerstone of US materials science and one of the world’s finest research facilities. The leak, harmless to health, came from a storage pool rather than the reactor. But its discovery triggered a media and political firestorm that resulted in the reactor’s shutdown, and even attempts to close the entire laboratory. A quarter century later, the episode reveals the dynamics of today’s controversies in which fears and the dismissal of science disrupt serious discussion and research of vital issues such as vaccines, climate change, and toxic chemicals. This story has all the elements of a thriller, with vivid characters and dramatic twists and turns. Key players include congressmen and scientists; journalists and university presidents; actors, supermodels, and anti-nuclear activists, all interacting and teaming up in surprising ways. The authors, each with insider knowledge of and access to confidential documents and the key players, reveal how a fact of no health significance could be portrayed as a Chernobyl-like disaster. This compelling exposé reveals the gaps between scientists, politicians, media, and the public that have only gotten more dangerous since 1997. Peter Bond is a retired physicist who worked at Brookhaven National Laboratory for 43 years in a wide variety of roles, including interim laboratory director during much of the period covered by this book.

Disclaimer: www.yourbookbest.com does not own The Leak books pdf, neither created or scanned. We just provide the link that is already available on the internet, public domain and in Google Drive. If any way it violates the law or has any issues, then kindly mail us via contact us page to request the removal of the link.

The Leak

The Leak

File Size : 57,57 MB
Total View : 7978 Views
DOWNLOAD

How the discovery of a harmless leak of radiation sparked a media firestorm, political grandstanding, and fearmongering that closed a vital scientific facility.

The Leak

The Leak

File Size : 22,22 MB
Total View : 4137 Views
DOWNLOAD

In this compelling middle-grade graphic novel The Leak, Ruth, a young journalist, is determined to uncover a secret that threatens her town. Ruth Keller is bras

Leak Detection

Leak Detection

File Size : 74,74 MB
Total View : 9973 Views
DOWNLOAD

Ageing infrastructure and declining water resources are major concerns with a growing global population. Controlling water loss has therefore become a priority

Leak Detection

Leak Detection

File Size : 95,95 MB
Total View : 3264 Views
DOWNLOAD

Ageing infrastructure and declining water resources are major concerns with a growing global population. Controlling water loss has therefore become a priority