Atomic frontier days : Hanford and the American West /

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On 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 in eastern Washington is known both for its origins as part of the M...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Findlay, John M., 1955-
Otros Autores: Hevly, Bruce William
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Seattle : Center for the Study of the Pacific Northwest in association with University of Washington Press, ©2011.
Colección:Emil and Kathleen Sick lecture-book series in western history and biography.
Temas:
Nuclear facilities > Waste disposal > Washington (State) > Hanford Site.
Radioactive waste disposal > Washington (State) > Hanford Site.
Nuclear reactors > Washington (State) > Hanford Site.
Installations nucléaires > Déchets > Élimination > Washington (État) > Hanford Site.
Réacteurs nucléaires > Washington (État) > Hanford Site.
TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING > Military Science.
HISTORY / United States / State & Local / Pacific Northwest (OR, WA)
Nuclear facilities > Waste disposal
Nuclear reactors
Radioactive waste disposal
Plutoniumwirtschaft
Radioaktiver Abfall
Hanford Site (Wash.)
Washington (State) > Hanford Site
Hanford, Wash.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • 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.

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