On the home front :
Gerber, Michele Stenehjem, 1948-
On the home front : the Cold War legacy of the Hanford Nuclear Site / Michele Stenehjem Gerber ; with a new epilogue by the author. - Lincoln, Neb. : University of Nebraska Press, �1997. - 1 online resource (334 pages, 12 unnumbered pages of plates) : illustrations, map
"Bison Books"--Added title page.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 239-317) and index.
Beginnings: the land and the place -- Building the plants: nuts, bolts, and chaos -- "Tell 'em you're from Richland" : regional growth in the Columbia Basin -- Blowing in the wind: the airborne contaminants -- "Hail Columbia": the river-borne contaminants -- Laying waste to the soil: the groundwater contaminants -- Radiobiology: the learning curve -- Truth and rebirth.
English.
0585257124 9780585257129
Nuclear weapons plants--Waste disposal--Environmental aspects--Washington (State)--Hanford Site.
Hazardous waste site remediation--Washington (State)--Hanford Site.
TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING--Environmental--Waste Management.
Hazardous waste site remediation.
Nuclear weapons plants--Waste disposal--Environmental aspects.
Civil & Environmental Engineering.
Engineering & Applied Sciences.
Environmental Engineering.
Hanford Site (Wash.)
Washington (State)--Hanford Site.
Electronic books.
Electronic books.
TD898.12.W2 / G47 1997eb
363.72/89/0979751
On the home front : the Cold War legacy of the Hanford Nuclear Site / Michele Stenehjem Gerber ; with a new epilogue by the author. - Lincoln, Neb. : University of Nebraska Press, �1997. - 1 online resource (334 pages, 12 unnumbered pages of plates) : illustrations, map
"Bison Books"--Added title page.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 239-317) and index.
Beginnings: the land and the place -- Building the plants: nuts, bolts, and chaos -- "Tell 'em you're from Richland" : regional growth in the Columbia Basin -- Blowing in the wind: the airborne contaminants -- "Hail Columbia": the river-borne contaminants -- Laying waste to the soil: the groundwater contaminants -- Radiobiology: the learning curve -- Truth and rebirth.
English.
0585257124 9780585257129
Nuclear weapons plants--Waste disposal--Environmental aspects--Washington (State)--Hanford Site.
Hazardous waste site remediation--Washington (State)--Hanford Site.
TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING--Environmental--Waste Management.
Hazardous waste site remediation.
Nuclear weapons plants--Waste disposal--Environmental aspects.
Civil & Environmental Engineering.
Engineering & Applied Sciences.
Environmental Engineering.
Hanford Site (Wash.)
Washington (State)--Hanford Site.
Electronic books.
Electronic books.
TD898.12.W2 / G47 1997eb
363.72/89/0979751