Radiation Safety And Control Manual

Oak Ridge National Laboratory

Published by Oak Ridge National Laboratory Operated By Union Carbide Corporation For The U.S. Atomic Energy Commission, Oak Ridge, Tennessee, 1961

About this Item

This is the True First Edition, published on June 1, 1961. Four fold-out charts. Seven other fold-outs, one of the Geiger Mueller Survey Meters with photos. Two other photos and several illustrations. All of the fold-outs are in perfect, as new, condition with illustrations on both sides of the fold-outs. I didn't see any tears or creases. That is the case for all of the pages in the book. They are very clean, no soiling, no markings, no writing or underlining, no creases. So the pages are perfect. I've identified this as a hardcover because the accurate binding description is not given as an option. It is actually a 6-Ring binding. The covers are in fact of hard cloth. In any event, the binding is very solid, perfect. The silver lettering on the front is very bright. The spine ends and corners are without wear. The book has two imperfections. The first is the 3 inch area on the front cover which is a darkened green (some kind of surface soiling). The second is two thin lines/indents off the top edge of the rear cover (3rd photo). The previous owner of this book was Sidney Soloway, a biophysicist who attained his Ph.D. at Harvard University in June, 1950, subsequent to his World War II service with the 4th Marine Division overseas. During the early part of WW II, he taught radar to assorted military personnel at Harvard. Unfrozen for a single day from his secure teaching position, he promptly enlisted in the Marine Corps and was sent overseas as a Radar and Communications Officer. Prepared for the first wave of the planned invasion of Japan, he and his unit were saved when the atomic bomb was dropped. His first position after graduate school involved him in a research project on gout which led to his and his coworkers' discovery of the cause of and cure of gout (with the drug colchicine). Lured to CT by Schlumberger Well Surveying Company, his work resulted in a vastly improved research tool for testing to determine the presence of oil. From then on, however, all his work---whether in Pittsburgh, Chicago, or Connecticut was in medical instrumentation, notably in the development of ultrasound. In retirement, until his death, his concerns for harnessing radioactive substances led to published papers and patents on the ability to diminish the half-life of radioactive substances through the use of appropriate photon frequencies. Though preliminary, this direction of research could control safe disposal of nuclear waste and ultimately control the use of atomic weapons. Seller Inventory # 000407

Bibliographic Details

Title: Radiation Safety And Control Manual

Publisher: Oak Ridge National Laboratory Operated By Union Carbide Corporation For The U.S. Atomic Energy Commission, Oak Ridge, Tennessee

Publication Date: 1961

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good

Edition: 1st Edition