Desert Wind (44 page)

Atomic Bomb Casualty Commission: General Report
, prepared by Paul S. Henshaw and Austin M. Brues. January 1947.

Dangerous Breach Suspected at Japan Nuclear Plant
, by Jay Alabaster and Shino Yasa. Associated Press. March 25, 2011.

Estimating Thyroid Doses of I-131 Received by Americans from Nevada Atmospheric Nuclear Bomb Tests
, a study by the National Cancer Institute.

Federal Plan to Close Land Won’t End Uranium Mining Near Grand Canyon
, by Tara Alatorre, Cronkite News Service, May 9, 2011.

Half of U.S. Nuclear Reactors Over 30 Years Old
, CNNMoney. March 15, 2011.

Mines Still Threaten Colorado River, Foes Say
, by Shaun McKinnon, Arizona Republic, August 11, 2008.

History of the Nevada Test Site and Nuclear Testing Background
, by the National Cancer Institute/National Institute of Health

Navajos Ban Uranium Mining on Reservation,
Associated Press. April 22, 2005.

Nuclear Testing and the Downwinders
, by Janet Burton Seegmiller.
http://historytogo.utah.gov/utah_chapters/utah_today/nucleartestingandthedownwinders.html

Official List of Announced Nevada Test Site Explosions.
1995.

Radiation Effects Research Foundation
(ongoing nuclear studies and reports).

Radiological Effluents Released from U.S. Continental Tests, 1961 through 1992
, DOE/NV-317 (Rev. 1) August 1996.

Radiation Exposure Compensation System: Claims to Date Summary of Claims Received by 06/11/2009.

United States Nuclear Tests, July 1945 through September 1992,
DOE/NV-209 (Rev. 14). December 1994.

Uranium Mining in Arizona Breccia Pipes—Environmental, Economic, and Human Impact
, by Dr. Karen J. Wenrich, Research Geologist. From the Legislative Hearing on H.R. 644—the Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests and Public Lands of the Committee on Natural Resources. July 21, 2009.

Uranium Mining in Region Resumes
, by Cyndy Cole, Arizona Daily Sun. January 13, 2010.

Films

America’s Atomic Bomb Tests: At Ground Zero
, a documentary in four parts, filmed on location in Nevada. Contains live footage of some of the bomb tests. 1997.

Atomic Cafe (The),
a collection of government films from the 1940s and 1950s designed to show that atomic testing—especially those at the Nevada Test Site—was harmless. Directed by Jayne Loader, Kevin Rafferty (a cousin of George W. Bush), with footage of Harry S. Truman and other proponents of domestic bomb testing. 1982.

Atomic Mom
, a documentary filmed by M.T. Silvia. 2010

Blue Sky
, directed by Tony Richardson, starring Jessica Lange, Tommy Lee Jones, and Powers Boothe. The lives of a military family sent to the test site. 1994.

The Conqueror
, directed by Dick Powell, starring John Wayne and Susan Hayward. Wayne as Ghengis Khan, Hayward as his reluctant bride-to-be.1956.

Desert Bloom
, directed by Eugene Corr, starring Jon Voight, JoBeth Williams, and Ellen Barkin. The story of a family living near the Nevada Test Site. 1986.

Nightbreaker
, directed by Peter Markle, starring Martin Sheen, Emilio Estevez, and Lea Thompson. The story of the American servicemen who were used as guinea pigs during the atomic testing. 1989.

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