On the home front
Subtitle: the cold war legacy of the Hanford nuclear site
By: Michele Stenehjem Gerber ; introduction to the New Bison Books edition by John M. Findlay ; with a new epilogue by the author.
Edition: 3rd ed.
Publisher: University of Nebraska Press
Published: 2007
Place of publication: Lincoln
Language: eng
Number of pages: 391
ISBN-13: 9780803259959
Subjects: Nuclear weapons plants -- Waste disposal -- Environmental aspects -- Washington (State) -- Hanford Site; Hazardous waste site remediation -- Washington (State) -- Hanford Site; Hanford Site (Wash.)
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction to the new Bison Books edition; title: List of maps and illustrations; title: Acknowledgments; title: Introduction: the legacy; title: Beginnings: the land and the place; title: Building the plants: nuts, bolts, and chaos; title: "Tell 'em you're from Richland": regional growth in the Columbia basin; title: Blowing in the wind: the airborne contaminants; title: "Hail Columbia": the river-borne contaminants; title: Laying waste to the soil: the groundwater contaminants; title: Radiobiology: the learning curve; title: Truth and rebirth; title: Epilogue; title: Notes; title: Glossary of technical or specialized terms, acronyms, and abbreviations; title: Index.