Ending the Nuclear Arms Race: A Physicist's Quest

By Frank N. von Hippel

Book Overview

Frank N. von Hippel shares his remarkable journey as a key figure in the history of nuclear weapons and nuclear energy, illuminating the far-reaching consequences of nuclear accidents and the devastating impact of "limited" nuclear war. Speaking out about the dangers of nuclear power, leading the opposition against nuclear breeder reactors, meeting with Soviet leaders and colleagues such as Mikhail Gorbachev and physicist and human rights advocate Andrei Sakharov, serving as president of the Federation of American Scientists, von Hippel played a pivotal role in the nuclear freeze movement. He was also involved in monitoring the Soviet Union's unilateral nuclear test moratorium in the mid-1980s. His book offers an intimate look at the complex world of nuclear arms control from the 1980s to the present. CONTENTS: Searching for a Way to Contribute. At Stanford During the Vietnam War. Reactor Safety. "Limited" Nuclear War. President Carter and the "Plutonium Economy." Thyroid Protection During Reactor Accidents. Automobile Energy Efficiency. "Freezing" the Nuclear Arms Race. Monitoring Gorbachev's Nuclear Test Moratorium. Andrei Sakharov and the 1987 Moscow Nuclear Disarmament Conference. End of the Nuclear Arms Race. Nuclear Warhead Detection: The Black Sea Experiments. Velikhov's 1986 Glasnost Tour. The End of the Cold War. Launch on Warning. After the Cold War. Fifteen More US Nuclear Tests? Working in the White House to Secure Russia's Nuclear Materials. Interventions in Nuclear Nonproliferation and Space-Reactor Safety Policy. Time to Rejoin the Outside World. The International Panel on Fissile Materials. Stopping the G.W. Bush Administration's Reprocessing Initiative. Spent Fuel Pool Fires. China and Iran. Looking Forward. Looking Back.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 196255158X
• ISBN13: 9781962551588
• Release Date: December 2024
• Publisher: Lynne Rienner Publishers, Inc.
• Length: 297 Pages
• Weight: 1.45 lbs.
• Dimensions: 9.0" x 1.0" x 6.0"