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The Apocalypse Factory: Plutonium and the Making of the Atomic Age Call Number: QC773.A1 O47 2022
Atoms and Ashes: A Global History of Nuclear Disasters Call Number TK9152 .P583 2022
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Good Nukes, Almost Good Enough
Call Number: Audio Visual TK1344.M6 G66 1998
Nuclear Savage: The Island Experiments of Secret Project 4.1
Call Number: Audio Visual RA1231.R2 N833 2012