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On the home front : the Cold War legacy of the Hanford nuclear site / Michele Stenehjem Gerber ; introduction to the New Bison Books edition by John M. Findlay ; with a new epilogue by the author.

by Gerber, Michele Stenehjem, 1948-

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Lincoln : University of Nebraska Press, 2007.

Nuclear weapons plants -- Waste disposal -- Environmental aspects -- Washington (State) -- Hanford Site.

Hazardous waste site remediation -- Washington (State) -- Hanford Site.

Hanford Site (Wash.)

Electronic Resource

http://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip0710/2007004538.html

Electronic Resource

http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0708/2007004538-b.html

Electronic Resource

http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0708/2007004538-d.html

9780803259959 (pbk. : alk. paper)

0803259956 (pbk. : alk. paper)

x, 391 p. : ill., map ; 23 cm.

Introduction to the new Bison Books edition -- List of maps and illustrations -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction: the legacy -- 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 -- Epilogue -- Notes -- Glossary of technical or specialized terms, acronyms, and abbreviations -- Index.

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