{"product_id":"making-the-russian-bomb-from-stalin-to-yeltsin-paperback","title":"Making The Russian Bomb: From Stalin To Yeltsin - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eThomas B. Cochran\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis book describes the origins, growth, and decline of the massive Soviet nuclear weapons production complex. It provides an overview of what is known about the environmental contamination that resulted from building tens of thousands of bombs, a legacy that will remain for many decades to come.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDr. Thomas Cochran is senior staff scientist with the Natural Resources Defense Council, and director of NRDC's Nuclear Program. He initiated NRDC's Nuclear Weapons Databook Project. He also initiated a series of joint nuclear weapons verification projects with the Soviet Academy of Sciences. These include the Nuclear Test Ban Verification Project, which demonstrated the feasibility of utilizing seismic monitoring to verify a low-threshold test ban, and the Black Sea Experiment, which examined the utility of passive radiation detectors for verifying limits on sea-launched cruise missiles. He has served as a consultant to numerous government and non-government agencies on energy, nuclear nonproliferation, and nuclear reactor matters. He is currently a member of the Department of Energy's Fusion Energy Advisory Board and Environmental Management Advisory Board. Previously he served as a member of DOE's Energy Research Advisory Board, the Nuclear Regulatory Commission's Advisory Committee on the Clean Up of Three Mile Island and the TMI Public Health Advisory Board.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Dr. Cochran is the author of \u003ci\u003eThe Liquid Metal Fast Breeder Reactor: An Environmental and Economic Critique\u003c\/i\u003e (Washington, DC: Resources for the Future, 1974); and co-editor\/author of the \u003ci\u003eNuclear Weapons Databook, Volume I: U.S. Nuclear Forces and Capabilities\u003c\/i\u003e (Cambridge, MA: Ballinger Press, 1984); \u003ci\u003eVolume II: U.S. Nuclear Warhead Production\u003c\/i\u003e (1987); \u003ci\u003eVolume III: U.S. Nuclear Warhead Facility Profiles\u003c\/i\u003e (1987); and \u003ci\u003eVolume IV: Soviet Nuclear Weapons\u003c\/i\u003e (1989). In addition, he has published numerous articles and working papers, including those in \u003ci\u003eSIPRI Yearbook\u003c\/i\u003e chapters, \u003ci\u003eArms Control Today, \u003c\/i\u003e and the \u003ci\u003eBulletin of the Atomic Scientists.\u003c\/i\u003e He has co-authored (with Dr. Norris) the 302article on Nuclear Weapons in the 1990 printing of \u003ci\u003eThe New Encyclopedia Britannica\u003c\/i\u003e (15th edition). Dr. Cochran received\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 318\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.9 x 8.9 x 5.7 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e October 19, 2020\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52606337417498,"sku":"9780367159269","price":97.18,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1005\/5604\/6618\/files\/eJfZ3BZ12w9780367159269.webp?v=1785324728","url":"https:\/\/j-s-five-and-dime.myshopify.com\/products\/making-the-russian-bomb-from-stalin-to-yeltsin-paperback","provider":"J \u0026 S Five and Dime","version":"1.0","type":"link"}