title: Nuclear Accidents and Disasters (Nuclear Power)
author:  James A. Mahaffey 
description: School Library Journal Gr 9 Up-This informative series explores the history, science, and technology of nuclear power. Mahaffey also addresses public concerns about radiation and nuclear safety. The coverage is in-depth, detailed, and meticulously researched. These volumes make nuclear technology understandable by explaining how scientists discovered radiation and giving readers a tour of a typical nuclear reactor plant. Accessible and interesting. (c) Copyright 2011. Library Journals LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.
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  Maximum Credible Accident
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
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  First published by Hutchinson , 1980
  
  
  
  
  
  Cover by George Taylor
  
  
  
  
  
  The lines from the song ‘Dark Road to the River’ by Robert Campbell are
  reproduced by the permission of Ego Music.
  
  
  
  
  
  Maximum Credible Accident 2nd Edition
  
  
  © John Howlett 2012
  
  
  Ebook ISBN: 978-1-291-19555-2
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
    
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  For those who helped me from within the nuclear ‘priesthood’, technical and
  administrative, most of whom, then and now, prefer to remain anonymous.
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  Contents
  
  
  
  
  
  Part One 7
  
  
  Chapter 1 8
  
  
  Chapter 2 12
  
  
  Chapter 3 16
  
  
  Chapter 4 17
  
  
  Chapter 5 22