Atomic frontier days : Hanford and the American West /
Findlay, John M., 1955-
Atomic frontier days : Hanford and the American West / John M. Findlay and Bruce Hevly. - Seattle : Center for the Study of the Pacific Northwest in association with University of Washington Press, ©2011. - 1 online resource (xv, 368 pages) : illustrations, maps. - Emil & Kathleen Sick series in Western history and biography . - Emil and Kathleen Sick lecture-book series in western history and biography. .
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Plutonium, production, and pollution : Hanford's career as federal enclave -- The atomic city of the West : Richland and the Tri-Cities -- The politics of Hanford : warfare and welfare -- Hanford and the Columbia River Basin : economy and ecology.
On the banks of the Pacific Northwest's greatest river lies the Hanford nuclear reservation, an industrial site that appears to be at odds with the surrounding vineyards and desert. The 586-square mile compound on the Columbia in eastern Washington is known both for its origins as part of the Manhattan Project, which made the first atomic bombs, and for the monumental effort now under way to clean up forty-five years' of waste from manufacturing plutonium for the U.S. nuclear weapons complex. Hanford routinely makes the news, as scientists, litigants, administrators, and politicians argue over its past and its future.
English.
0295802987 (electronic bk.) 9780295802985 (electronic bk.) (pbk. ; alk. paper) (pbk. ; alk. paper)
40019508980
22573/ctvctg3g1 JSTOR
015785371 Uk
Nuclear facilities--Waste disposal--Washington (State)--Hanford Site.
Radioactive waste disposal--Washington (State)--Hanford Site.
Nuclear reactors--Washington (State)--Hanford Site.
Installations nucléaires--Déchets--Élimination--Washington (État)--Hanford Site.
Réacteurs nucléaires--Washington (État)--Hanford Site.
TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING--Military Science.
HISTORY / United States / State & Local / Pacific Northwest (OR, WA)
Nuclear facilities--Waste disposal.
Nuclear reactors.
Radioactive waste disposal.
Plutoniumwirtschaft
Radioaktiver Abfall
Hanford Site (Wash.)
Hanford Site (Wash.)
Washington (State)--Hanford Site.
Hanford, Wash.
Electronic book.
7
Electronic books.
Electronic books.
TD898.12.W2 / F56 2011eb
623.4/51190979751
Atomic frontier days : Hanford and the American West / John M. Findlay and Bruce Hevly. - Seattle : Center for the Study of the Pacific Northwest in association with University of Washington Press, ©2011. - 1 online resource (xv, 368 pages) : illustrations, maps. - Emil & Kathleen Sick series in Western history and biography . - Emil and Kathleen Sick lecture-book series in western history and biography. .
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Plutonium, production, and pollution : Hanford's career as federal enclave -- The atomic city of the West : Richland and the Tri-Cities -- The politics of Hanford : warfare and welfare -- Hanford and the Columbia River Basin : economy and ecology.
On the banks of the Pacific Northwest's greatest river lies the Hanford nuclear reservation, an industrial site that appears to be at odds with the surrounding vineyards and desert. The 586-square mile compound on the Columbia in eastern Washington is known both for its origins as part of the Manhattan Project, which made the first atomic bombs, and for the monumental effort now under way to clean up forty-five years' of waste from manufacturing plutonium for the U.S. nuclear weapons complex. Hanford routinely makes the news, as scientists, litigants, administrators, and politicians argue over its past and its future.
English.
0295802987 (electronic bk.) 9780295802985 (electronic bk.) (pbk. ; alk. paper) (pbk. ; alk. paper)
40019508980
22573/ctvctg3g1 JSTOR
015785371 Uk
Nuclear facilities--Waste disposal--Washington (State)--Hanford Site.
Radioactive waste disposal--Washington (State)--Hanford Site.
Nuclear reactors--Washington (State)--Hanford Site.
Installations nucléaires--Déchets--Élimination--Washington (État)--Hanford Site.
Réacteurs nucléaires--Washington (État)--Hanford Site.
TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING--Military Science.
HISTORY / United States / State & Local / Pacific Northwest (OR, WA)
Nuclear facilities--Waste disposal.
Nuclear reactors.
Radioactive waste disposal.
Plutoniumwirtschaft
Radioaktiver Abfall
Hanford Site (Wash.)
Hanford Site (Wash.)
Washington (State)--Hanford Site.
Hanford, Wash.
Electronic book.
7
Electronic books.
Electronic books.
TD898.12.W2 / F56 2011eb
623.4/51190979751