On the Home Front: The Cold War Legacy of the Hanford Nuclear Site
University of Nebraska Press, November 1992. Later Printing. Hardcover. Very Good / Good. Item #606710
ISBN: 0803221452
8vo. A Very Good copy in a Good dustjacket. DJ has shelfwear, edgewar, bumped corners, severe rubbing, some creases, and a very small (less than 1/4') tear and a small (about 1') tear on the top of the front cover. Book has edgewear, toning to pages, and smudges to the edges of the text block. Interior is tight, clean, and unmarked. // '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.' -- publisher.
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