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UNITED STATES ATOMIC ENERGY COMMISSION
Dr. Glenn T. Seaborg, Chairman
James T. Ramey
Dr. Gerald F. Tape
Dr. Samuel M. Nabrit
Wilfrid E. Johnson
ONE OF A SERIES ON UNDERSTANDING THE ATOM
Nuclear energy is playing a vital role in the life of every man, woman, and child in the United States today. In the years ahead it will affect increasingly all the peoples of the earth. It is essential that all Americans gain an understanding of this vital force if they are to discharge thoughtfully their responsibilities as citizens and if they are to realize fully the myriad benefits that nuclear energy offers them.
The United States Atomic Energy Commission provides this booklet to help you achieve such understanding.
Edward J. Brunenkant Director Division of Technical Information
This booklet is one of the “Understanding the Atom” Series. Comments are invited on this booklet and others in the series; please send them to the Division of Technical Information, U. S. Atomic Energy Commission, Washington, D. C. 20545.
Published as part of the AEC’s educational assistance program, the series includes these titles:
NUCLEAR POWER AND MERCHANT SHIPPING
PLUTONIUM
OUR ATOMIC WORLD
NUCLEAR ENERGY FOR DESALTING
CONTROLLED NUCLEAR FUSION
WHOLE BODY COUNTERS
PLOWSHARE
POPULAR BOOKS ON NUCLEAR SCIENCE
SNAP, NUCLEAR SPACE REACTORS
NUCLEAR REACTORS
ATOMS, NATURE, AND MAN
MICROSTRUCTURE OF MATTER
SYNTHETIC TRANSURANIUM ELEMENTS
COMPUTERS
RESEARCH REACTORS
GENETIC EFFECTS OF RADIATION
POWER FROM RADIOISOTOPES
NONDESTRUCTIVE TESTING
RARE EARTHS
FOOD PRESERVATION BY IRRADIATION
FALLOUT FROM NUCLEAR TESTS
RADIOACTIVE WASTES
RADIOISOTOPES IN INDUSTRY
ATOMS AT THE SCIENCE FAIR
RADIOISOTOPES AND LIFE PROCESSES
ATOMIC FUEL
ATOMIC POWER SAFETY
DIRECT CONVERSION OF ENERGY
CAREERS IN ATOMIC ENERGY
RADIOISOTOPES IN MEDICINE
ACCELERATORS
NUCLEAR TERMS, A BRIEF GLOSSARY
NEUTRON ACTIVATION ANALYSIS
ATOMS IN AGRICULTURE
POWER REACTORS IN SMALL PACKAGES
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USAEC Division of Technical Information Extension, Oak Ridge, Tennessee September 1966