Atomic Frontier Days: Hanford and the American West

by Bruce William Hevly and John M. Findlay

Book Overview

Outstanding Title by Choice Magazine

On the banks of the Pacific Northwest's greatest river lies the Hanford nuclear reservation, an industrial site that appears to be at odds with the surrounding vineyards and desert. The 586-square-mile compound on the Columbia River is known both for its origins as part of the Manhattan Project, which made the first atomic bombs, and for the monumental effort now under way to clean up forty-five years...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 029599097X
• ISBN13: 9780295990972
• Release Date: May 2011
• Publisher: University of Washington Press
• Length: 384 Pages
• Weight: 1.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.0" x 8.9"
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher