J. Samuel Walker
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United States Nuclear Regulatory Commission |
J. Samuel Walker is an American historian and author based in Maryland, most notable for his research and writing on the nuclear age, both weaponry and atomic energy. Several of his books have earned broad-based critical acclaim and advanced novel viewpoints.[1] Despite affiliation with government and the nuclear industry, he is cited by the peace movement[2] and parties who are highly critical of nuclear energy.[3]
Employment with the Nuclear Regulatory Commission
Walker was a history instructor at the
Prompt and Utter Destruction
Roger Chapman, writing in Bowling Green's university press, characterized the book on the
Three Mile Island
He also authored a comprehensive review of the Three Mile Island accident. According to his own account, Walker's work debunked the "grievous misconstructions [which] were portrayals of the bubble issue that were central features of at least two books that came out shortly after the accident (in 1982) and in three television programs..." Walker disputed the alleged imminence of an explosion; a central point of his argument was that if the situation was as dangerous as previous writers contended, that Jimmy Carter would not have been permitted to visit the TMI power plant.
The Road to Yucca Mountain
In The Road to Yucca Mountain, Walker covers the U.S. government's controversial attempts to address the engineering and social issues associated with
The Organization of American Historians awarded the book the 2010 Richard W. Leopold Prize for historical work being done by historians outside academia.[8]
Books
- Walker, J. Samuel (1997). Prompt and Utter Destruction: Truman and the Use of Atomic Bombs Against Japan. Chapel Hill and London: University of North Carolina Press. ISBN 978-0-8078-2361-3.
- — (2006). Three Mile Island: A Nuclear Crisis in Historical Perspective. University of California Press. ISBN 9780520246836.
- — (2009). The Road to Yucca Mountain: The Development of Radioactive Waste Policy in the United States. University of California Press. ISBN 978-0-520-26045-0.
External links
- 2016 Video Interview with J. Samuel Walker by Atomic Heritage Foundation Voices of the Manhattan Project
- Bibliography of, and library access to, publications by J. Samuel Walker, at WorldCat
References
- ^ Reviewed by Roger Chapman (American Culture Studies Program, Bowling Green State University) Published on H-US-Japan (November, 1999)
- ^ Young, Kevin (2008-08-03). "The Atomic Bombs: Tsuyoshi Hasegawa Reexamines the Japanese Surrender Reexamining the Japanese Surrender, 63 Years Later" (PDF). Zdnet.com.
- ^ "Yucca Mountain Nuclear Waste Dump - The Road to Disaster". Earthmountainview.com. Archived from the original on 2017-06-28. Retrieved 2011-02-04.
- ^ Lewis, George N. "Documenting Three Mile Island | Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists". Thebulletin.org. Retrieved 2011-02-04.
- ^ Edwards, Rob (2004-03-20). "Three Mile Island by J. Samuel Walker, Reviewed by Rob Edwards issue 2439". newscientist.com.
- ^ Chapman, Roger (November 1999). "Demythologizing Truman's Decision to Drop Atomic Bombs".
- ^ Hendrickson, David (March–April 1998). "Prompt and Utter Destruction: Truman and the Use of Atomic Bombs Against Japan by J. Samuel Walker - Reviewed by David C.Hendrickson".
- ^ "Leopold Winners". Organization of American Historians. 2010.