The Atomic Energy Commission Under Nixon

In this revealing book Nobel Laureate Glenn T. Seaborg tells what it was like to be chairman of the Atomic Energy Commission during the Nixon presidency. He draws extensively from his meticulously kept diary, enabling the reader to be a fly on the wall during meetings with Nixon, Henry Kissinger, and other key policy makers. 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.

Zusammenfassung
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.

Inhalt
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