The Atomic Energy Commission under Nixon

Adjusting to Troubled Times

G. Seaborg, B. Loeb

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Palgrave Macmillan
15 June 1993

Biography: business & industry; Central government; Nuclear power industries; Management of land & natural resources

Revealing what it was like to be Chairman of the Atomic Energy Commission during the Richard Nixon presidency, Nobel Laureate Glenn T. Seaborg draws from his diary, enabling the reader to be a fly on the wall during meetings with Nixon, Henry Kissinger and other key policymakers. During the Nixon period, the debate over how to deal with the Soviets on nuclear issues and arms control remained central. On the domestic scene, efforts to promote and regulate the growth of a nuclear power industry were complicated by a rising tide of environmental protest. Dr. Seaborg describes how the Atomic Energy Commission, shorn of much of the political immunity of its early years, sought to maintain its programmes and ultimately its very existence, while besieged by competing pressures from the White House, other government agencies, anti-nuclear activists, industry, state governments and Congress.

By: G. Seaborg, B. Loeb
Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan
Country of Publication: United States
Dimensions: Height: 216mm, Width: 140mm, Spine: 25mm
Weight: 521g
ISBN: 9780312078997
ISBN 10: 0312078994
Pages: 268
Publication Date: 15 June 1993
Audience: College/higher education , Professional and scholarly , Professional & Vocational , A / AS level , Further / Higher Education
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

Foreword - Acknowledgements - Prologue: Brief Encounters - PART I EXPLOSIONS - The Perils of Plowshare - Testing the ABM Warhead - PART II ARMS CONTROL - The Nonproliferation Treaty - SALT - The Advice of Scientists - PART III FUROR OVER RADIATION STANDARDS - Monticello - The Environmental Onslaught - Challenges from Within - Lowering the Limits - PART IV RISE AND FALL OF THE BREEDER - Getting off the Ground - Issues Along the Way - Crash Landing - PART V ADMINISTRATIVE MATTERS - A Matter of Justice - The End of the Road - Epilogue - Appendix A: AEC Commissioners During Chairmanship of Glenn T. Seaborg - Appendix B: AEC Organization Chart at End of 1971 - List of Works Cited - Index