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The Hanford Site in southeastern Washington state was built by the Army Corps of Engineers and the DuPont Corporation during World War II to produce plutonium for Americas first atomic weapons. The gigantic facility was immediately successful, producing and delivering in less than two years the plutonium for the worlds initial atomic explosion and for the bomb dropped on Nagasaki that effectively ended World War II. The first complete history of Hanford was made possible by the declassification of tens of thousands of formerly secret government documents relating to the construction, operation, and maintenance of the site. It describes the releases (planned and accidental) of radioactive and chemical contaminants; their pathways through the environment; attempts to correct problems under conditions of rapid, nearly chaotic change; and the secrecy of government operations that made scientific review of Hanford processes virtually impossible.
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On the Home Front : The Cold War Legacy of the Hanford Nuclear Site
author
:
Gerber, Michele Stenehjem.
publisher
:
University of Nebraska Press
isbn10 | asin
:
0803270682
print isbn13
:
9780803270688
ebook isbn13
:
9780585257129
language
:
English
subject
Nuclear weapons plants--Waste disposal--Environmental aspects--Washington (State)--Hanford Site, Hanford Site (Wash.) , Hazardous waste site remediation--Washington (State)--Hanford Site.
publication date
:
1997
lcc
:
TD898.12.W2G47 1997eb
ddc
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363.72/89/0979751
subject
:
Nuclear weapons plants--Waste disposal--Environmental aspects--Washington (State)--Hanford Site, Hanford Site (Wash.) , Hazardous waste site remediation--Washington (State)--Hanford Site.
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On the Home Front
The Cold War Legacy of the Hanford Nuclear Site
Michele Stenehjem Gerber
with a new epilogue by the author
Page iv
1992, Epilogue 1997 by the University of Nebraska Press All rights reserved Manufactured in the United States of America
The paper in this book meets the minimum requirements of American National Standard for InformationSciences Permanence of Paper for Printed Library Materials, ANSI Z39.48-1984.
First Bison Books printing: 1997
Most recent printing indicated by the last digit below:
10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1
Library of Congress Cataloging in- Publication Data Gerber, Michele Stenehjem. 1948On the home front: the Cold War legacy of the Hanford Nuclear Site / Michele Stenehjem Gerber; with a new epilogue by the author. p. cm. Originally published: 1992. Includes bibliographical references (p. ) and index. ISBN 0-8032-7068-2 (pbk.: alk. paper) 1. Radioactive waste sites Washington (State) Richland. 2. Nuclear weapons plantsWaste disposalEnvironmental aspectsWashington (State)Richland. 3. Hanford Works (Wash.) 4. Hazardous waste site remediationWashington (State)Richland. I. Title TD898.12.W2G47 1997 363.72'89'0979751dc21 92-18511 CIP
Page v
Contents
List of Maps and Illustrations
vii
Acknowledgments
ix
Introduction: The Legacy
1
1 Beginnings: The Land and the Place
11
2 Building the Plants: Nuts, Bolts, and Chaos
31
3 "Tell 'Em You're from Richland": Regional Growth in the Columbia Basin
55
4 Blowing in the Wind: The Airborne Contaminants
77
5 "Hail Columbia": The River-borne Contaminants
113
6 Laying Waste to the Soil: The Groundwater Contaminants
143
7 Radiobiology: The Learning Curve
171
8 Truth and Rebirth
201
Epilogue
219
Notes
239
Glossary of Technical or Specialized Terms, Acronyms, and Abbreviations
319
Index
325
Page vii
Maps
The Hanford Plant Vicinity
x
The Hanford Site
32
Illustrations
"PopHow Far are We from the United States?" Dupus Boomer Cartoon.
Following Page 10
The "Face" of an Early Hanford Reactor, c. 1945.
Hanford B Reactor Building, c. 1945.
Hanford Reactor Water Intake System, 1944.
"Not Nearly as Dusty Now That Everyone Has Their Lawn In." Dupus Boomer Cartoon.
Colonel Franklin T. Matthias, 1944.
A Richland Neighborhood Takes Shape, 1943.
Cells in Hanford Chemical Separations Plant, 1945.
Hanford Chemical Separations Plant, 1945.
Hanford 300 Area, 1944.
Hanford "Tank Farm" under Construction, 1944.
Housing Camp for Hanford Construction Workers, 1944.
Hanford Engineer Works' Meteorology Tower under Construction, 1944.
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