On the Home Front : The Cold War Legacy of the Hanford Nuclear Site, Third Edition

Gerber, Michele Stenehjem/ Findlay, John M. (INT)

Bison Books（2007/07発売）

• 製本 Paperback:紙装版/ペーパーバック版／ページ数 424 p.
• 言語 ENG
• 商品コード 9780803259959
• DDC分類 363.72890979

Full Description

On the Home Front is the only comprehensive history of the Hanford Nuclear Site, America's most productive and wasteful plutonium manufacturing facility. Located in southeastern Washington State, the Hanford Site produced the plutonium used in the atomic bombs that ended World War II. This book was made possible by the declassification in the 1980s of tens of thousands of government documents relating to the construction, operation, and maintenance of the site. The third edition contains a new introduction by John M. Findlay and a new epilogue by the author.

Contents

Introduction to the New Bison Books EditionList of Maps and IllustrationsAcknowledgmentsIntroduction: The Legacy1. Beginnings: The Land and the Place2. Building the Plants: Nuts, Bolts, and Chaos3. "Tell 'Em You're from Richland": Regional Growth in the Columbia Basin4. Blowing in the Wind: The Airborne Contaminants5. "Hail Columbia": The River-borne Contaminants6. Laying Waste to the Soil: The Groundwater Contaminants7. Radiobiology: The Learning Curve8. Truth and RebirthEpilogue: Richland, Washington: September 2006NotesGlossary of Technical or Specialized Terms, Acronyms, and AbbreviationsIndex