Atomic Frontier Days
Hanford and the American West
Outstanding Title by Choice MagazineOn 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 River 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 nuclear weapons. Hanford routinely makes the news, as scientists, litigants, administrators, and politicians argue over its past and its future.It is easy to think abo…
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Weitere Autoren: Hevly, Bruce W.
- ISBN: 978-0-295-80298-5
- EAN: 9780295802985
- Produktnummer: 20514178
- Verlag: University of Washington Press
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2011
- Seitenangabe: 384 S.
- Plattform: EPUB
- Masse: 8'195 KB
- Abbildungen: 34 illus., 2 maps
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John M. Findlay and Bruce W. Hevly
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