On the Home Front: The Cold War Legacy of the Hanford Nuclear Site - Couverture rigide

Gerber, Michele Stenehjem

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 0803221452 ISBN 13 : 9780803221451

Editeur : University of Nebraska Press, 1992

Synopsis

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 America's first atomic weapons. The gigantic facility was immediately successful, producing and delivering in less than two years the plutonium for the world's 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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À propos de l'auteur

Michele Stenehjem Gerber holds a Ph.D. degree in history from the State University of New York at Albany and is now a staff historian for Westinghouse Hanford Company. Her articles have appeared in Environmental Review and Columbia: The Magazine of Northwest History.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: University of Nebraska Press
• Date d'édition: 1992
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0803221452
• ISBN 13: 9780803221451
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 324
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible