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Washington DC: GPO, 1981. Staplebound wraps. As new. 135 pages, quarto, wraps, tables, references, appendices Prepared for the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Office of Standards Development under Interagency Agreement DOE 40-543-75. Topics covered include methodology for establishing secondary limits, dosimetric models, and tabulation of computer results. There are three appendices: committed dose equivalent per unit intake and secondary limits, dose equivalent rate per unit airborne concentration and DAC values, and halflives of radionuclides contained in this report.

Oak Ridge, TN: Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Radiation Safety Information Computational Center, 2002. Presumed First thus. CD. Very good. 1 compact Disk. The Radiation Safety Information Computational Center (RSICC) is a U.S. Department of Energy Specialized Information Analysis Center (SIAC) authorized to collect, analyze, maintain, and distribute computer software and data sets in the areas of radiation transport and safety. The RSICC is operated by Oak Ridge National Laboratory in Oak Ridge, Tennessee. The primary sponsors of the RSICC are the U.S. Department of Energy, the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, and the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission. The center began as the Radiation Shielding Information Center (RSIC) in 1962, but was renamed to RSICC in August 1996 to better reflect the scope of computer code technology at the center (i.e., radiation transport and safety). The RSICC staff maintain an online software catalog at their website, which site visitors may browse (though no… Ler mais

Washington DC: GPO, 1981. Staplebound wraps. As new. 83 pages, quarto, tables, figures, references, appendices This document was prepared by the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Office of Nuclear Regulatory Research under Interagency Agreement DOE 40-550-75. Topics covered include genesis of the model anatomy, deposition, disintegrations, dose calculations, and representative result and discussion. There are two appendices: regional deposition and disintegration for Monodisperse Aerosol Particles, and computer codes for the age-dependent lung model and the depth-dose model.

Washington DC: GPO, 1981. Staplebound wraps. As new. 44 pages, quarto, tables, references, appendix Cooling-water-associated algae and sediments from five northern and five southern or western electric power plants were tested for the presence of pathogenic amoebae. There was a significant correlation at northern power plants between the presence of thermophilic, pathogenic amoebae in cooling waters and thermal additions.

Oak Ridge, TN: Oak Ridge Y-12 Site, n.d.. Glossy pictorial cover. very good condition. approximately 50 pages, wraps (heavy, shiny stock), oversized (11-1/2" wide by 8-1/2" high), tabbed, color illus. (copies of power point slides), small creases to cover corners Topics covered include manufacturing, research and development, design engineering, quality determination, support systems, and computing and telecommunications. On the back of each copy of a power point slide is a detailed explanation--what the presenter would have said to explain or amplify the information on the slide.The Y-12 National Security Complex is a United States Department of Energy National Nuclear Security Administration facility located in Oak Ridge, Tennessee, near the Oak Ridge National Laboratory. It was built as part of the Manhattan Project for the purpose of enriching uranium for the first atomic bombs. In the years after World War II, it has been operated as a manufacturing facility for nuclear… Ler mais

Washington, DC: Smithsonian Institution, 1976. First? Edition. First? Printing. good. 28 cm, 132, wraps, illus., covers somewhat worn and creased. This catalog contains brief descriptive articles by staff members about each of the 65 aircraft on display in the National Air and Space Museum. A listing of these aircraft and their locations is at the end of this catalog.

New York: Oxford University Press, 1994. First Printing [Stated]. Hardcover. Very good/Very good. [8], 194, [6] pages. Illustrations. Notes. Index. DJ has sticker residue at the back. The author was the Jack T. Kvernland Professor of Philosophy and Social Policy at Monmouth College and the author of The Soul of the Salesman and Weber and Rickert. He has published on classical German sociology, especially Georg Simmel and Max Weber, and most recently on the sociology of ethics. "Duck and cover" are unforgettable words for a generation of Americans, who listened throughout the Cold War to the unescapable propaganda of civil defense. Yet it would have been impossible to protect Americans from a real nuclear attack, and, as Guy Oakes shows in The Imaginary War, national security officials knew it. The real purpose of 1950's civil defense programs, Oakes contends, was not to protect Americans from the bomb, but to ingrain in them the moral resolve needed to face the hazards of the Cold War. Uncovering… Ler mais

New York: St. Martin's Press, [1984], c1981. First U.S. Edition. First Printing. very good, very good. 21 cm, 227, This second volume of the author's autobiography covers World War II and his stay at a Children's Home.

Radiological Society of North America, Incorporated, 1952. Reprinted from Radiology, Vol. 59, No. 5, pages 737-43, November, 1952. Wraps. Good. Pages 737-743, [1]. Illus. References. Summary in Spanish. Marks on front page. Back page as a date stamp and states "Distributed by University of California Los Alamos Scientific Laboratory, Los Alamos, New Mexico". The two authors were with the Los Alamos Medical Center and the Bio-Medical Research Group at LASL. This information was presented at the meeting honoring the occasion of the retirement of Evarts A. Graham, M.D., as Bixby Professor of Surgery, Washington University, St. Louis, Nov. 29, 1951. It was accepted for publication in January 1952. Dr. Oakes had been associated with the Manhattan Project, the United States Air Force, and Washington University. He became Chief of Staff of the Los Alamos Medical Center before he retired from the Laboratory. Dr. Clarence C. Lushbaugh was former chairman of the Medical Division at Oak Ridge Associated… Ler mais

Atlanta, GA: Historic Oakland Foundation, 1999. Presumed First Edition, First printing. Wraps. Good. [2], viii, 107, [3] pages. Illustrations (color). Index. Cover has slight wear and soiling. In 1976, Oakland was placed on the National Register of Historic Places and the Historic Oakland Foundation was founded. The City and the Foundation have worked together to stabilize the cemetery and make it an attractive and inviting place for all Atlantans. The Foundation is currently in the process of implementing a ten-phase restoration and gardens renovation plan for the entire cemetery. The plan is contingent on the acquisition of sufficient funding. The vision of the Foundation: A revered cemetery and vibrant park to honor Atlanta's past and celebrate its future. Foundation Mission: The Historic Oakland Foundation partners with the City of Atlanta to preserve, restore, enhance, and share Oakland Cemetery with the public as an important cultural resource and as an island of tranquility in… Ler mais

Washington, DC: Regnery Publishers, c1994. First Printing. very good, good. 24 cm, 591, illus.

Franklin Center, Pennsylvania: The Franklin Library, 1979. Signed, Limited Edition. Hardcover. Very good. Steven H. Stroud. [20], 601, [6] pages. Illustrations. Printed on archival paper with gilded edges. The endsheets are of moire fabric with a silk ribbon page marker. Smyth sewing and concealed muslin joints. This book is in full leather with hubbed spines. It includes A Special message to subscribers from Joyce Carol Oates. "Alone among my novels them is prefaced by an Author's Note, terse, equivocal, and possibly helpful--at the very least by directing the reader's attention to the fact, not a negligible one, that the title them refers to certain people and is not a shorthand "poetic" was of alluding to all Americans. Who are these People?--Loretta and her children, Jules and Maureen, and to a lesser extent their father, their stepfather, their uncle Brock, their lost sister Bette, their young brother Randolph? They are Americans--infected in part, by the glamour of America, the adventure of… Ler mais

New York: HarperCollins, c1998. First Edition. First Printing. good, fair. 25 cm, 846, DJ worn, soiled, sticker residue, and edge tears, slight weakness in front board. The epic saga of the Civil War told from the viewpoints of eleven principalplayers in the drama.

New York: Harper & Row, c1977. First Edition. First Printing. good, fair. 24 cm, 492, illus., reference notes, index, ink name and pencil erasure on front endpaper, DJ worn, soiled, and small tears. A masterful biography of Lincoln, recounting the struggle with poverty, hisself-made success in business and law, his disappointing early political career, and his leadership during one of America's most tumultuous periods.

New York: Harper & Row, c1977. Book Club Edition. First Printing. good, fair. 24 cm, 492, illus., reference notes, index, DJ scuffed & worn: small edge tears/chips. A masterful biography of Lincoln, recounting the struggle with poverty, his self-made success in business and law, his disappointing early political career, and his leadership during one of America's most tumultuous periods.

London/Glasgow: Thomas Nelson/House of Grant, 1952-1961. First Edition. good, fair to good. 1046 total, 3 vols., illus. (some color), maps, apps, biblio, index, foxing to fore-edge v.1&2, ink name inside front boards all 3 vols. Top corner front flyleaf cut off all 3 volumes, DJ's in plastic sleeves: DJ's somewhat soiled and small pieces missing. Covers the period from 1777 to 1918. Chapter XVI covers the Egyptian campaign; chapter XVII covers the Palestinian campaign; chapter XX covers the Mesopotamian campaign.

London: Nelson, 1952. fair. 24 cm, 256, v.1 only, illus. (some color), maps, bibliography, index, part of DJ pasted ins fr bd & fr endppr, map at rear present but torn. Tape residue on front endpaper, edges soiled, boards worn and soiled.

London: Faber and Faber, 1974. First Published [stated]. Hardcover. Very good/Very good. 246, [2] pages. Maps. Footnotes. Index. DJ front flap clipped at bottom. DJ has minor wear and soiling. Major Edgar "Paddy" O'Ballance (17 July 1918 - 8 July 2009) was a British military journalist, defence commentator and academic lecturer specializing in international relations and defence problems. He served in the British army until 1948. In April 1953 he was commissioned into the Territorial Army as a Captain, serving with the Sherwood Foresters. He was promoted Major in March 1955. In June 1963 he transferred from the Sherwood Foresters to the General List. Having achieved the age limit on 17 July 1968 retired retaining the rank of Major. He covered over twenty wars and insurgencies and wrote extensively on international relations, defence and strategic problems. He was a member of the International Institute for Strategic Studies. He wrote many articles for military journals… Ler mais

London: Arms and Armour Press, 1989. First? Edition. First? Printing. good, good. 24 cm, 127, illus., glossary, index, DJ somewhat worn and soiled, some endpaper and page discoloration. Examines the nature of terrorism, and looks closely at the Hezbollah, IRA, the Basque ETA, and the Armenian problem.

New York: Frederick A. Praeger, 1964. fair to good. 237, maps, index, stamp & soiling on fore-edge, tape residue on boards and spine, some wear to edges of boards and spine.