Hamer, Bea, <br/><br/>
Hot metal / 
by Bea Hamer ; [photograph[s] by Al Gutierrez and ; Jerry Littman ; illustrations ; by Phillip Paea ;, Peter Woods]. 
 - 17 pages :  illustrations, map ;  24 cm. 
 - Applications .
 - Applications. .
<br/><br/> "Fictionalised re-creation of a real incident"--Cover verso.  One of a series designed to promote reading across the curriculum.  Teachers' guide to the series published under the title: Applications : teachers' guide : reading and learning across the curriculum.  "Item number 92/216"--Cover verso.  For 13-17 year olds -- Education Services, Wellington, N.Z. 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references. 
<br/><br/> Traces the events leading up to a radiation emergency in the United States when radioactive material from an X-Ray unit was mistakenly sold for scrap metal. Follows the clean up operation and includes technical information on radioactivity and its effect on humans. Suggested level: secondary. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>0478055870 9780478055870 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Readers--Radioactive pollution--United States<br/>Readers--Radioactivity<br/>Readers--Radioactive waste disposal<br/>Radioactive pollution--Mexico--Juvenile literature<br/>Radioactive pollution--United States--Juvenile literature<br/>Radioactivity--Juvenile literature<br/>Radioactive waste disposal--Juvenile literature<br/>Radioactive waste disposal
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>428.6