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Author Schmid, Sonja D., 1970- author.

Title Producing power : the pre-Chernobyl history of the Soviet nuclear industry / Sonja D. Schmid.

Publication Info. Cambridge, Massachusetts : The MIT Press, [2015]
©2015

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Description 1 online resource (xxxi, 362 pages) : illustrations.
Series Inside technology series
Inside technology.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Note Print version record.
Contents Introduction -- Envisioning a nuclear-powered state -- Between atomic bombs and power plants: sharing organizational responsibilities -- Training nuclear experts: a workforce for the nuclear industry -- "May the atom be a worker, not a soldier!": A new history of soviet reactor design choices -- Chernobyl: from accident to sarcophagus -- Conclusion -- Epilogue: Writing about Chernobyl after Fukushima.
Summary An examination of how the technical choices, social hierarchies, economic structures, and political dynamics shaped the Soviet nuclear industry leading up to Chernobyl.
Language English.
Subject Nuclear engineering -- Soviet Union -- History -- 20th century.
Nuclear industry -- Soviet Union -- History -- 20th century.
Nuclear power plants -- Soviet Union -- History -- 20th century.
Nuclear energy -- Research -- Soviet Union -- History -- 20th century.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Real Estate -- General.
HISTORY -- Europe -- Russia & the Former Soviet Union.
Nuclear energy -- Research. (OCoLC)fst01039999
Nuclear engineering. (OCoLC)fst01040032
Nuclear industry. (OCoLC)fst01040250
Nuclear power plants. (OCoLC)fst01040436
Soviet Union. (OCoLC)fst01210281
Kerntechnische Industrie.
Sowjetunion.
Chronological Term 1900-1999
Genre/Form History. (OCoLC)fst01411628
Other Form: Print version: Schmid, Sonja D., 1970- Producing power. Cambridge, Massachusetts : The MIT Press, [2015] 9780262028271 (DLC) 2014016710 (OCoLC)878501563
ISBN 9780262321792 (electronic bk.)
0262321793 (electronic bk.)
9780262321808 (electronic bk.)
0262321807 (electronic bk.)
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