On the home front
Subtitle: the Cold War legacy of the Hanford Nuclear Site
By: Michele Stenehjem Gerber ; with a new epilogue by the author.
Edition: 2nd ed.
Publisher: University of Nebraska Press
Published: 2002
Place of publication: Lincoln
Language: eng
Number of pages: 363
Subjects: Nuclear weapons plants -- Waste disposal -- Environmental aspects -- Washington (State) -- Hanford Site; Hazardous waste site remediation -- Washington (State) -- Hanford Site; Hanford Site (Wash.)
Description: "On the Home Front is the history of the Hanford Nuclear Site, America's most notorious plutonium production facility. Located in southeastern Washington State, the Hanford Site produced most of the plutonium used in the atomic bombs that effectively ended World War II. This book was made possible by the declassification in the 1980s of tens of thousands of government documents relating to the construction, operation, and maintenance of the site.

In a new epilogue, Michele Stenehjem Gerber provides a detailed history and commentary on the first twelve years of the Hanford cleanup project - the largest waste cleanup program in world history."--BOOK JACKET.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [261]-346) and index.