The Leaky Establishment
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The Leaky Establishment is a novel by
ISBN 1-59224-125-5
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The book draws on some of Langford's own experiences working at the United Kingdom government's Atomic Weapons Research Establishment at Aldermaston, Berkshire
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Plot introduction
Roy Tappen works for the Robinson Heath Nuclear Utilisation Technology Centre, a nuclear weapons facility in Britain. He fights bureaucracy while trying to use it for his purpose, which is to undo the potentially disastrous results of a practical joke gone wrong.
Smuggling plutonium out of a nuclear research centre turns out to be surprisingly easy. The difficult part is smuggling it back in again without getting caught.
External links
- The Leaky Establishment – information on ansible.co.uk
- The Leaky Establishment – review on amazon.com
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