The Neutron's Children nuclear engineers and the shaping of identity

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adam_text CONTENTS 1 INTRODUCTION: THE NEUTRON AND ITS PROGENY 1 1.1 CORE KNOWLEDGE 2 1.2 ACCOUNTS OF THE NUCLEAR AGE 7 1.3 NUCLEAR SPECIALISTS AND THE SHAPING OF EXPERTISE 10 PART A: GESTATION 2 NEW KNOWLEDGE FOR NEW PURPOSES 19 2.1 A TWENTIETH-CENTURY FIELD 19 2.1.1 PLAYERS, PROBLEMS, AND RESEARCH PRODUCTS 20 2.1.2 FISSION AS AN ENGINEERING FIELD 23 2.2 THE TRIGGER OF WAR 24 2.2.1 CHAIN REACTORS AND ATOMIC BOMBS IN THE USA 26 2.2.2 BRITAIN AND THE NUCLEAR ENERGY MACHINE 29 2.2.3 CANADA AND THE HEAVY-WATER BOILER 31 3 IMPLANTING INDUSTRIAL CULTURES 33 3.1 THE ANGLO-CANADIAN PROJECT AND THE CHALLENGES OF TECHNICAL COLLABORATION 34 3.1.1 THE NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL AND AN ENGINEERING PERSPECTIVE 35 3.1.2 THE MONTREAL LABORATORY AND ALLIED CULTURES 37 3.1.3 COOPERATION ACROSS BORDERS 40 3.2 DU PONT AND THE GESTATION OF NUCLEAR SPECIALISTS 44 3.2.1 ENGINEERING AND SCIENCE: NEGOTIATING THE ATOMIC PILE 47 3.2.2 WILMINGTON ENGINEERS VERSUS CHICAGO SCIENTISTS 53 3.2.3 TRAINING THE FIRST EXPERTS 60 3.2.4 MULTIPLYING NUCLEAR EXPERTISE 64 3.2.5 THE INDUSTRIALIZATION OF PLUTONIUM: CHALLENGES AT HANFORD 68 PART B: INCUBATION 4 THE ATOMIC NURSERY 4.1 HESITANT STEPS 4.2 NATIONAL LABORATORIES IN POST-WAR AMERICA 4.2.1 DEFINING OAK RIDGE SPECIALISTS 4.2.2 ASCENDANCY AT ARGONNE 4.3 CHALK RIVER FOR CANADIANS 4.4 THE BRITISH ATOMIC BOMB AND BEYOND 4.5 SHAPING SECRET PROGRAMMES 75 75 78 79 82 90 92 95 X CONTENTS 4.5.1 COMPARTMENTALIZATION 4.5.2 SCRUTINY 4.5.3 FILTERING 5 `LIKE CHILDREN IN A TOY FACTORY 5.1 THE CORE OF A NEW DISCIPLINE 5.1.1 EARLY EXPLORATIONS 5.1.2 CHAIN-REACTOR POTENTIAL 5.1.3 ENGINEERING MYSTERIES 5.1.4 ENGINEERING VALUES 5.2 WALTER ZINN AND NUCLEONICS AT ARGONNE 5.3 ANTI-DISCIPLINE: CHRISTOPHER HINTON AND THE BRITISH NUCLEAR WORKER 5.3.1 POST-WAR LEGACIES 5.3.2 A BRITISH WORKFORCE 5.3.3 A BRITISH SPECIALISM 5.4 CONTROLLING INFORMATION FLOW 5.4.1 AMERICAN TRAINING UNDER THE CLOAK OF SECRECY 5.4.2 SPREADING NUCLEAR KNOWLEDGE IN THE UK 5.5 ATOMIC INDUSTRY FOR DEFENCE: THE SAVANNAH RIVER PLANT 5.5.1 INDUSTRIAL PARADIGM: DU PONT S ATOMIC ENERGY DIVISION 5.5.2 EXPLORING AMERICAN PILE NETWORKS 5.5.3 CONTINUING FRICTION IN REACTOR DESIGN PART C: EMERGENCE 6A STATE-MANAGED PROFESSION 6.1 TRIGGERED RELEASE: DECLASSIFYING NUCLEAR KNOWLEDGE 6.2 FREEDOM TO PUBLISH 6.3 PROFESSIONAL FALLOUT 6.4 ALTERING CROSS-SECTIONS: THE FIRST UNIVERSITY-EDUCATED GENERATION 6.4.1 CONTROLLING COLLEGES IN THE UK 6.4.2 SHAPING BRITISH CURRICULA 6.4.3 FINDING A NICHE AT AMERICAN UNIVERSITIES 6.4.4 CONTESTING CURRICULA IN THE USA 6.4.5 DEVELOPING A DEMAND IN CANADA 7 NUCLEAR SPECIALISTS AT WORK 7.1 NUCLEAR UNIONS: SEGREGATION AND IDENTITY 7.1.1 PATRIOTISM AND DISSUASION IN THE USA 7.1.2 BRITISH ORGANIZATIONS AND NUCLEAR SUBVERSION 7.1.3 CANADA: OCCUPATIONAL LABELS FOR ALL 7.2 RISK AND RADIOACTIVITY 7.2.1 HAZARDS OF OPERATION 7.2.2 RADIATION RITES 7.2.3 RISK AND IDENTITY 98 103 105 109 110 110 115 122 124 126 128 128 131 133 135 136 143 144 146 149 154 161 161 166 170 176 177 180 185 188 193 197 201 202 207 208 210 211 216 222 CONTENTS XI PART D: REPRESENTATIONS 8 UNSTABLE IMPRESSIONS 227 8.1 POPULAR ATOMICS AND PUBLIC RECOGNITION 227 8.1.1 HIDDEN HEROES: THE ATOMIC SCIENTISTS 228 8.1.2 A MISTRUSTED ELITE 230 8.1.3 INGENIOUS ENGINEERS 234 8.1.4 ROLE MODELS 240 8.2 THE NEUTRON S GRANDCHILDREN 242 8.2.1 THE TROUBLED GENERATION: NUCLEAR ENGINEERS AND COMMERCIAL POWER 242 8.2.2 UNWELCOME VOICES 247 8.2.3 MISTRUST AND RESPONSIBILITY 250 8.2.4 IDENTITY BY ACCIDENT: THREE MILE ISLAND AND CHERNOBYL 252 8.2.5 FUKUSHIMA AND ITS FALLOUT 256 8.2.6 NUCLEAR GENERATIONS 259 9 CONCLUSIONS: CAREERS FROM THE MANHATTAN PROJECT TO FUKUSHIMA 264 9.1 FERTILE ENVIRONMENTS 264 9.2 FRAGILE ECOSYSTEMS 268 9.3 CRITICAL CONDITIONS 269 9.4 BETWEEN ANONYMITY AND RHETORIC 272 APPENDIX I: ACRONYMS, ORGANIZATIONS, AND YEAR OF ORIGIN 274 APPENDIX II: NUCLEAR ENGINEERING PERIODICALS SINCE 1945 276 APPENDIX III: ARCHIVAL SOURCES 278 ABBREVIATIONS USED FOR ARCHIVE CITATIONS BIBLIOGRAPHY INDEX 279 280 301
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