Atomic frontier days : Hanford and the American West / John M. Findlay and Bruce Hevly.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Findlay, John M., 1955-

Contributor:

Hevly, Bruce William.

Series:

Emil and Kathleen Sick lecture-book series in western history and biography.

Emil and Kathleen Sick series in Western history and biography

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Nuclear facilities--Waste disposal--Washington (State)--Hanford Site.

Nuclear facilities.

Radioactive waste disposal--Washington (State)--Hanford Site.

Radioactive waste disposal.

Nuclear reactors--Washington (State)--Hanford Site.

Nuclear reactors.

Hanford Site (Wash.).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (386 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Seattle [Wash.] : Center for the Study of the Pacific Northwest in association with University of Washington Press, c2011.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

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 about Hanford as an expression of federal power, a place apart from humanity and nature, but that view distorts its history. Atomic Frontier Days looks through a wider lens, telling a complex story of production, community building, politics, and environmental sensibilities. In brilliantly structured parallel stories, the authors bridge the divisions that accompany Hanford’s headlines and offer perspective on today’s controversies. Influenced as much by regional culture, economics, and politics as by war, diplomacy, and environmentalism, Hanford and the Tri-Cities of Richland, Pasco, and Kennewick illuminate the history of the modern American West.

Contents:

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.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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ISBN:

9780295802985

0295802987

OCLC:

768474075