ABSTRACT
This introduction presents an overview of the key concepts discussed in the subsequent chapters of this book. The book provides interests and behaviors of engineers and scientists involved in the initial developments of the Soviet high-speed, digital computers. It tries to shed new light on these paired events, the Session and the Conference, after reexamining first Soviet reactor for commercial use at Obninsk Atomic Power Station. The book aims to explain the indigenous needs for such research in the Soviet Union, as well as its early development by shedding light on radiation casualties at a nuclear development center, Chelyabinsk-40 and hazard studies conducted. It looks at the serious situations in Chelyabinsk-40 to see how research on radiation effects was needed to solve practical problems from the very beginning of the Soviet nuclear project. The book examines the process and features of the indigenous and original research on radiation effects in the Soviet Union at the initial stage of its development.
