Nuclear Disasters & the Built Environment: A Report to the Royal Institute of British ArchitectsThe purpose of this report is to give the reader, whether a member of the public or of the profession, an easily understood assessment of the likely effect on the built environment of nuclear disasters arising either from a nuclear accident or a nuclear attack. |
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