Supplying the Nuclear Arsenal : American Production Reactors, 1942-1992 / / Rodney P. Carlisle, with Joan M. Zenzen.
Originally published in 1996. Although the history of commercial-power nuclear reactors is well known, the story of the government reactors that produce weapons-grade plutonium and tritium has been shrouded in secrecy. Supplying the Nuclear Arsenal looks at the origin and development of these produc...
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