Tritium on Ice: The Dangerous New Alliance of Nuclear Weapons and Nuclear Power

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Tritium on Ice: The Dangerous New Alliance of Nuclear Weapons and Nuclear Power by Kenneth D. Bergeron. MIT Press (http://wwwmitpress.mit.edu), Five Cambridge Center, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02142-1493, 2002, 232 pages, $24.95 (hardcover).

Since the dawn of the nuclear age, the United States has been at the forefront of international efforts to control the spread of nuclear weapons. At a time when concerns about nuclear proliferation are making headlines from Northeast Asia to the Middle East, Kenneth D. Bergeron's new book takes a hard look at a recent policy change within the Department of Energy that departs significantly from the long-standing US practice of handling nuclear …