"Poisoned Power, The Case Against Nuclear Power Plants Before and After Three Mile Island" (original) (raw)
by John W. Gofman, Ph.D., M.D. and Arthur R. Tamplin, Ph.D.
Rodale Press, Emmaus, Pa.
Presented here, in both hypertext and ASCII textformats, is a combination of the 1971 and 1979 editions ofPoisoned Power since they are not identical. The differences in the 1979 reprint are the following:
- Appendices II,III, and IVwere not included
- Appendix VII, "Commercial Nuclear Power Reactors in the United States" was updated
- Chapter Nine's graphic, "Nuclear Power Plants in the United States", was updated to match Appendix VII (as well it's first sentence)
- an additional Foreward was written to augment the text with information on Three Mile Island and challenge the continuing "Safe and Clean" nuclear industry propaganda, largely paid for with tax dollars. Appendices II-IV of the 1971 version have historical value for their significance of holding people accountable. The benefit in demonstrating that facts and insights of 1971_do not automatically become obsolete_.
Contents
- 1971/1979 LCCN/ISBN numbers/publishing information
- inside front and back dust jacket of the 1971 edition
- back cover of the 1971 edition
- back cover of the 1979 edition
- Table Of Contents
- List Of Figures
- ratitor's corner, December Solstice, 1998
heralding the presence on rat haus reality of Poisoned Power, the classic lay-person's primer explaining precisely what the health costs of nuclear power plants are, as well as describing the historical development of nuclear power in the U.S and how an entire industry was "misled in their belief that some safe amount of radiation truly exists".
1971:
LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CARD NUMBER 70-155715
Copyright © 1971, 1979 by John W. Gofman and Arthur R. Tamplin
Permission is granted for downloading, copying, and distribution all or parts of this book, provided that the text and drawings are reproduced without any alterations.
Printed in the United States of America on recycled paper containing a high percentage of de-inked fiber.
Library of Congress Cataloging in Publication Data
Gofman, John William
Poisoned Power,
Includes biographical references and index.
1. Atomic power-plants—Environmental Aspects.
2. Radioactive pollution. I. Tamplin, Arthur R.,
joint author. II. Title.
TD195.E4G63 1979 333.7 79-16781
ISBN 0-87857-288-04 6 8 10 9 7 5 3
TABLE OF CONTENTS
| Foreward to the 1979 Printing | |
|---|---|
| Foreword, by Mike Gravel, U.S. Senator from Alaska | |
| Introduction: | The Nuclear Juggernaut |
| Chapter 1: | Nuclear Reactors to Generate Electricity |
| Chapter 2: | How Radiation from Atomic Energy Programs Gets to You — What it Does to You |
| Chapter 3: | How Radiation Produces Disease and Hereditary Alterations |
| Chapter 4: | Is Any Radiation "Safe"? |
| Chapter 5: | Promises, Promises |
| Chapter 6: | How Safe Are Nuclear Reactors? |
| Chapter 7: | Nuclear Electricity and The Citizen's Rights |
| Chapter 8: | The Nuclear Legacy — Radioactive Wastes and Plutonium |
| Chapter 9: | Alternatives Available to Us |
| Chapter 10: | What Can Citizens Do About Nuclear Electricity? |
| Chapter 11: | Must We Hold Out for The "Cold Corpses"? |
| Chapter 12: | Toward An Adversary System of Scientific Inquiry |
| Chapter 13: | The Ultimate Issue — Conversion or Ecocide |
| Appendix I: | Nuclear Power Questions and Answers |
| Appendix II: | Moratorium Activists |
| Appendix III: | Atomic Safety and Licensing Board |
| Appendix IV: | Advisory Committee on Reactor Safeguards |
| Appendix V: | When Experts Disagree, Which Ones Shall We Believe? |
| Appendix VI: | Nuclear Power and Alternatives |
| Appendix VII: | Commercial Nuclear Power Reactors in the United States |
| Index | |
List Of Figures
| image | | link to location of image in text | | ----------------------- | | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | | figure 1 | | Vertical cross-section of a pressurized-water nuclear reactor | | figure 2 | | Liquid Metal Fast Breeder/Pressurized Water Reactor diagrams | | figure 3 | | A fission reaction | | figure 4 | | rat exposed to single dose of beta rays | | figure 5 | | small doses of x-ray exposure over 15 years to hand of physician | | figure 6 | | 2 cell cultures: left unexposed, right exposed to ionizing radiation | | figure 7 | | human chromosomes diagrams, cell division to each daughter cell | | figure 8 | | human chromosomes in cell damaged by gamma ray radiation | | figure 9 | | Radiation Hazard graphic | | figure 10 | | Nuclear Fuel Cycle | | figure 10 | | (smaller, inlined version) | | figure 11 | | electric power industry advertisement promoting increased consumption of electricity | | figure 11 | | (smaller, inlined version) "Flameless electric heat is pure comfort...so fresh, so clean, so right for your family" | | figure 12 | | AEC/electric power industry spend millions promoting the idea that atomic energy is safe and clean | | figure 12 | | (smaller, inlined version) "Go play in the nuclear power park" | | figure 13 | | Nuclear Power Plants in the United States as of December 31, 1978 | | figure 14 | | electric power lines/towers, `cobwebs spun back and forth in the sky' | | figure 15 | | To Our Patients; Santa Cruz Physicians ad opposing power plant construction | | figure 15 | | (smaller, inlined version) |
