ABSTRACT

For the first time, readers can discover the numerous pioneers of the Soviet nuclear industry, including the role of scientific supervisors of Russia's nuclear project and the statesmen who coordinated the function of the atomic industry in the former USSR. This is a detailed account, translated to English for the first time, of the development of

chapter |10 pages

Introduction

chapter 1|10 pages

Prewar Period (1918-1941)

chapter 2|10 pages

War Period (1941-1945)

chapter |9 pages

F-1 Reactor Creation

chapter 4|6 pages

First Production Reactor A

chapter |5 pages

Construction and Start-up

chapter |6 pages

Problems in Servicing

chapter |4 pages

Radiation Exposure of the Personnel

chapter 5|6 pages

First Radiochemical Plant B

chapter |3 pages

Designing and Construction

chapter |3 pages

Initial Operation Period

chapter |4 pages

Efforts to Decrease Personnel Exposure

chapter |10 pages

Interior Exposure Effects

chapter |5 pages

Preparation and Testing

chapter |3 pages

Explosion Efficiency and Effects

chapter |8 pages

Center No. 813 for Producing 235U

chapter |2 pages

Production of Uranium Hexafluoride

chapter |6 pages

Main Consumers of Enriched 23 5 U

chapter 9|4 pages

First Soviet Heavy-Water Nuclear Reactors

chapter |6 pages

Uranium Ore Concentration

chapter |7 pages

Reconstruction of Plant No. 12

chapter 12|4 pages

Nuclear and Radiation Safety

chapter |8 pages

Conclusion