Table of Contents
Author's Note: A Triumph of Soviet Technology v
Introduction: Bill Crush and the Hazards of Steam Under Pressure ix
Chapter 1 We Discover Fire 1
Chapter 2 World War II, and Danger Beyond Comprehension 34
Chapter 3 A Bit of Trouble in the Great White North 74
Chapter 4 Birthing Pains in Idaho 112
Chapter 5 Making Everything Else Seem Insignificant in the UK 153
Chapter 6 In Nuclear Research, Even the Goof-ups are Fascinating 189
Chapter 7 The Atomic Man and Lessons in Fuel Processing 227
Chapter 8 The Military Almost Never Lost a Nuclear Weapon 286
Chapter 9 The China Syndrome Plays in Harrisburg and Pripyat 325
Chapter 10 Tragedy at Fukushima Daiichi 376
Chapter 11 Caught in the Rickover Trap 404
Bibliography 427
Index 433
Illustration Credits 441
Acknowledgments 442