What is safe? : the risks of living in a nuclear age /: the risks of living in a nuclear age. (©1998)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: David R. Williams.
• Other Names: Williams, David R (David Raymond)
• Contents: Daily life -- Childhood -- Transport risks -- Homes -- Recreation -- Healthcare -- Diet -- Medical -- Energy -- Perception -- Risk, perception and social constructions -- Risk management -- Risks at work -- Risks from chemicals -- General principles of risk -- Defining "safe" and "safe enough" -- Statistics : dealing with large numbers -- Radioactive waste disposal -- Modelling doses and risks -- Marshalling our facts -- Perception of radwaste disposal.
• Publisher Details: Cambridge : Royal Society of Chemistry
• Publication Date: 1998
• Copyright Date: 1998
• Extent: 1 online resource (viii, 146 pages), illustrations, maps, portraits
• Subjects: 363.1/02; EDUCATION / Secondary; Risk; Risk management; Radiation; Nuclear energy; Chemistry; HEALTH & FITNESS -- Safety; Science; Nuclear energy; Radiation; Risk; Risk management; Chemistry; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781847552365; 1847552366
• Related ISBNs: 0854045694; 9780854045693
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.; Note: Print version record.
• Access Rights: Legal Deposit; Only available on premises controlled by the deposit library and to one user at any one time; The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK).
• Access Usage: Restricted: Printing from this resource is governed by The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK) and UK copyright law currently in force.