Uranium Road: Questioning South Africa's Nuclear DirectionProviding rare insights into the history of South Africa's secretive nuclear industry, this book explains how South Africa turned to the development of a nuclear program and weapons of mass destruction as a result of its abundance of uranium--a byproduct of its gold mines. South Africa's current plans to revitalize its nuclear industry are judged against the background of an international nuclear industry that has not been able to solve basic problems of excessive cost, the threat to human health and safety, and long-term environmental contamination. An illustrated explanation of basic nuclear concepts and the nuclear fuel chain makes the history and arguments easy to follow. |
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... build nuclear weapons . Along with other chemical and biological weapons , its nuclear weapons were meant to deter enemies from attacking and destroying the apartheid state . The decision to build nuclear weapons was probably taken by ...
... build nuclear weapons . Along with other chemical and biological weapons , its nuclear weapons were meant to deter enemies from attacking and destroying the apartheid state . The decision to build nuclear weapons was probably taken by ...
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... build a power station on the site . Yet it was only after the 1973-4 oil crisis that Escom could justify the costs ... Building the reactors Tenders were invited for providing two identical pressurised water reactors ( PWRS ) to be ...
... build a power station on the site . Yet it was only after the 1973-4 oil crisis that Escom could justify the costs ... Building the reactors Tenders were invited for providing two identical pressurised water reactors ( PWRS ) to be ...
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... Building 5000 , it too is no longer in use , other than for storage of old equip- ment and waste drums . After ... build- ing and , on request , was granted full access . The fate of the weapons scientists and engineers Armscor's ...
... Building 5000 , it too is no longer in use , other than for storage of old equip- ment and waste drums . After ... build- ing and , on request , was granted full access . The fate of the weapons scientists and engineers Armscor's ...
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