Cover courtesy Los Alamos Scientific Laboratory (LASL)
Figure 1 A, Argonne National Laboratory (ANL); B and C; LASL;
D, Cornell University.
Figure 2 LASL
Figure 3 Brookhaven National Laboratory (BNL)
Figure 5 LASL
Figure 6 LASL
Figure 7 BNL
Figure 8 LASL
Figure 9 LASL
Figure 10 Dr. Charles E. Miller, ANL
Figure 12 LASL
Figure 13 National Reactor Testing Station
Figure 18 BNL
Figure 19 National Naval Medical Center
Figure 20 LASL
Figure 21 Colorado State University
Figure 23 Cornell University
Figure 24 Pacific Northwest Laboratory
Center-spread Professor J. K. Miettinen, University of Helsinki
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NUCLEAR POWER AND MERCHANT SHIPPING
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GENETIC EFFECTS OF RADIATION
POWER FROM RADIOISOTOPES
NONDESTRUCTIVE TESTING
RARE EARTHS
FOOD PRESERVATION BY IRRADIATION
FALLOUT FROM NUCLEAR TESTS
RADIOACTIVE WASTES
RADIOISOTOPES IN INDUSTRY
ATOMS AT THE SCIENCE FAIR
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ATOMIC FUEL
ATOMIC POWER SAFETY
DIRECT CONVERSION OF ENERGY
CAREERS IN ATOMIC ENERGY
RADIOISOTOPES IN MEDICINE
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NUCLEAR TERMS, A BRIEF GLOSSARY
NEUTRON ACTIVATION ANALYSIS
ATOMS IN AGRICULTURE
NUCLEAR CLOCKS
POWER REACTORS IN SMALL PACKAGES
NUCLEAR POWER PLANTS
YOUR BODY AND RADIATION
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