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fallout fallout
fallout minute particles of radioactive material produced by nuclear explosions (see atomic bomb ; hydrogen bomb ; Chernobyl ) or by discharge from nuclear-power or atomic installations and scattered throughout the earth's atmosphere by winds and convection currents. Heavier fallout particles... Read more
Brownsville Brownsville
BROWNSVILLE AFFAIR BROWNSVILLE AFFAIR. African American troops have a symbiotic relationship to African Americans in the larger society. Racism and its fallout have been ever present throughout U.S. history. In 1906 the Brownsville affair demonstrated how racial stereotyping governed the unspoken... Read more
Treaty Banning Nuclear Weapons Tests in the Atmosphere in Outer Space and Under Water 1963 Treaty Banning Nuclear Weapons Tests in the Atmosphere in Outer Space and Under Water 1963
NUCLEAR TEST BAN TREATY NUCLEAR TEST BAN TREATY. This international agreement reflected diplomatic attempts to stabilize international relations in the early 1960s as well as public fears of radioactive fallout. Pressures to limit the radioactive fallout from open-air testing of nuclear weapons... Read more
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National Committee For a Sane Nuclear Policy. In June 1957, twenty‐seven prominent citizens concerned with the direct and indirect hazards of nuclear fallout (e.g., strontium 90 found in cow's milk) met in New York City and formed the Provisional Committee to Stop Nuclear Tests. In the fall,... Read more
Strontium 90 Strontium 90
STRONTIUM 90 STRONTIUM 90. When anyone discusses the harmful effects of atomic fallout, that discussion primarily relates to strontium 90 (90Sr), an isotope created during both nuclear detonations and nuclear-power reactions. The parent chemical, strontium (Sr), is a silver-yellow alkaline-earth... Read more
Chernobyl Chernobyl
Chernobyl , Ukr. Chornobyl, abandoned city, N Ukraine, near the Belarus border, on the Pripyat River. Ten miles (16 km) to the north, in the town of Pripyat, is the Chernobyl nuclear power station, site of the worst nuclear reactor disaster in history. On Apr. 25, 1986, during an unauthorized test... Read more
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civil defense nonmilitary activities designed to protect civilians and their property from enemy actions in time of war. A civil defense program usually includes measures taken during peace (e.g., building home shelters or air raid warning practice), measures to warn civilians of an impending... Read more
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atmospheric dust minute particles slowly settling or suspended by slight currents and existing in varying amounts in all air. There is least dust at high levels over the ocean and most at low levels over cities; dust from smoke is a serious urban problem (see air pollution ). Sources of... Read more
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nuclear weapons weapons of mass destruction powered by atomic, rather than chemical, processes. Nuclear weapons produce large explosions and hazardous radioactive byproducts by means of either nuclear fission or nuclear fusion. Nuclear weapons can be delivered by artillery, plane, ship, or... Read more
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