A Short History of Nuclear Regulation, 1946-2009
J. Samuel Walker and Thomas R. Wellock
How nuclear safety rules grew from the first atomic energy law to the modern regulator, including the lessons of Three Mile Island. A concise and readable history by official historians.
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