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RECORD NUMBER: 1371 OF 2629Main Title | On the home front : the Cold War legacy of the Hanford Nuclear Site / | |||||||||||
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Author | Gerber, Michele Stenehjem | |||||||||||
Publisher | University of Nebraska Press, | |||||||||||
Year Published | 1997 | |||||||||||
OCLC Number | 36776504 | |||||||||||
ISBN | 0803270682 (pbk. : alk. paper) | |||||||||||
Subjects | Nuclear weapons plants--Waste disposal--Environmental aspects--Washington (State)--Hanford Site ; Hazardous waste site remediation--Washington (State)--Hanford Site ; Hanford Site (Wash) | |||||||||||
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Collation | 334 p., {12} p. of plates : ill., map ; 23 cm. | |||||||||||
Notes | "Bison books"--Added t.p. Originally published: 1992. Includes bibliographical references (p. {239}-317) and index. |
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Contents Notes | 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. |